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What is a Defibrillator? Created: Sunday, March 26, 2006 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Defibrillators buy time for victims of cardiac arrest. If you've heard of a defibrillator and don't know what it is, take a look at this explanation.
2010 CPR Guidelines Created: Friday, October 16, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
The American Heart Association issues new guidelines for CPR and ECC based on the latest research. The latest CPR guidelines came out in 2005. The 2010 CPR Guidelines should have some interesting c...
Football Sports Injuries Created: Sunday, July 29, 2007 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Football-related injuries are common. It's a contact sport and there is bound to be some damage done. Practicing -- rather than playing the actual game -- is where the majority of football injuries...
Flashy is Best Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 7.
AED Signs Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world.
AED Pictures Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world.
Thinking Inside the Box Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 2.
Defibrillator in Any Language Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 6.
Phone It In Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 8.
Keep an Eye Out Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 4.
Signs from Above Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 5.
Invisible AED Created: Monday, March 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators (AED) aren't always easy to spot. These pictures show the different looks of public access defibrillators around the world. Page 3.
Automated External Defibrillators Created: Thursday, August 28, 2008 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated external defibrillators let almost any lay rescuer bring state-of-the art technology to a cardiac arrest victim. Use an automated external defibrillator to shock a sick heart back in to b...
Ways to Ruin Your Flight Created: Friday, February 29, 2008 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Knowing which medical emergencies may strike on a plane is an important part of preparing for the worst case scenario.
How To Treat a Burn Created: Saturday, June 10, 2006 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Follow these steps to treat a burn at home and learn whether to call 911 or treat the burn yourself.
Can't Straighten Finger After Surgery Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
It's hard to know what some injuries look like just from their descriptions. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures submitted by About.com First Aid readers help il...
Be Careful When Carrying Boiling Water Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
It's hard to know what some injuries look like just from their descriptions. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures submitted by About.com First Aid readers help il...
Beer is Not Usually Recommended for Burns Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
It's hard to know what some injuries look like just from their descriptions. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures submitted by About.com First Aid readers help il...
Boil on the Butt Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Boils are usually blisters caused by skin infections. Boils can heal alone or may need to be treated by a doctor. About.com readers share their boils and skin infections.
Scalding Water Soaked into My Sock Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
It's hard to know what some injuries look like just from their descriptions. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures submitted by About.com First Aid readers help il...
How do Chest Compressions Work? Created: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The heart is too deep in the chest to be directly affected by chest compressions. If we're not directly compressing just the heart, how do chest compressions really work?
Ice Packs to Cheeks Created: Sunday, June 02, 2013 Updated: Sunday, June 02, 2013
Frostbite can look much like a burn -- the only difference is whether the damage is caused by extreme heat or extreme cold. See how other readers' frostbite looks and share pictures of your own fro...
Bed Bugs Attack the Neck Created: Sunday, June 02, 2013 Updated: Sunday, June 02, 2013
Readers share their own bed bug bites experiences and pictures. Read how others dealt with bed bug bites and submit your own bed bug bites pictures.
Burn First Aid Created: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
Burn first aid is one of the most common types of first aid done at home. Burn first aid is a skill every person should know.
What is First Aid? Created: Saturday, August 04, 2007 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
The answer to this question is not as easy as it seems. "First aid" is a catch-all phrase that refers to two distinctly different medical needs.
Emesis Created: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
As a medical term, emesis is quite effective and versatile. However, the lay terms are much more colorful.
Things You Should Know About the ER Created: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
The emergency room is filled with people who don't have medical emergencies. If they'd read this, maybe they wouldn't have come.
Frostbite on Fingers After 4 Weeks Created: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
Frostbite can look like anything from a rash to skin literally coming apart. These frostbite pictures provide a way to recognize frostbite and discover how benign or serious frostbite can be.
White Frostbite on Fingertips Created: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
Frostbite can look like anything from a rash to skin literally coming apart. These frostbite pictures provide a way to recognize frostbite and discover how benign or serious frostbite can be.
Frostbite on Fingers After 2 Weeks Created: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
Frostbite can look like anything from a rash to skin literally coming apart. These frostbite pictures provide a way to recognize frostbite and discover how benign or serious frostbite can be.
Frostbite Pictures Created: Monday, January 11, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
Frostbite can look like anything from a rash to skin literally coming apart. These frostbite pictures provide a way to recognize frostbite and discover how benign or serious frostbite can be.
Necrotic Arachnidism Created: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013
There is only one spider in North America known to cause necrotic arachnidism.

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