First Aid

How to Check, Call and Care in Emergency Medical Treatment

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You never know when you will find yourself at the scene of an accident or disaster as a "first responder." Whether you've received formal training or not, there are certain steps you can follow to expedite the response and facilitate a positive ... more »

How to Stock an Emergency Supply of Medicine and First Aid

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It's important for every home to have a well-stocked first aid kit. When injuries happen, having necessary medical materials within easy reach can help minimize bleeding, swelling and trauma that occur during injury... more »

How to Treat a Sucking Chest Wound

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A sucking chest wound is a medical emergency and a matter of life and death. Every second counts while waiting for emergency help to arrive. Call 911 immediately, then follow these emergency guidelines to treat a sucking chest wound and save a life... more »

How to Treat Moderate Hypothermia

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If you recognize someone is moderately hypothermic (see "How to Recognize and Assess Hypothermia"), begin treatment right away to prevent worsening of the condition. This could save his or her life... more »

How to Aid Dry-Drowning Victim

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This is how my grandchild survived a dry-drowning incident. Last summer my granchild, age seven, was swimming up from the bottom of a pool when her friend jumped in, landing on top of her. The friend's knees hit my grandchild in her back, ... more »

How to Buy a First Aid Kit as a Gift

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Although a first aid kit will never be adequate for serious illness and injury, having one around for minor maladies is essential, especially for travelers... more »

How to Buy medicinal marijuana in a vending machine

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Buying medicinal marijuana directly from vending machine is possible in the State of California. You need your own prescription and present it to the sales clerk then you will be finger printed and pictured before entering the vending machine to ... more »

How to Complete a Head-to-Toe Assessment of an Injury

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Completing a head-to-toe assessment on an injured person is a necessary first-aid step after an accident of any kind. When headache, confusion, dizziness, and nausea and vomiting are present, especially after a head trauma, it's essential that an ... more »

How to Conduct a Secondary Survey of the Chest and Abdomen During First Aid

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The chest and abdominal cavity house vital organs, and diagnosis of injuries to these areas can be difficult, even for physicians. Carefully examine the chest and abdomen of an injured person to determine whether injuries have been sustained ... more »

How to Control Bleeding

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The following are steps to take in order to control bleeding in the event that someone is cut, etc..... more »

How to Create an Anatomical Splint

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One first aid technique for broken bones and strained, sprained or dislocated joints is the anatomical splint. This technique requires only strips of cloth and a similar uninjured body part (leg to leg, finger to finger). The following steps will ... more »

How to Do Two-Person CPR

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Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, commonly called CPR, is the procedure used to supply much-needed oxygen to the brain of a victim whose breathing and heartbeat have stopped. Two-person CPR functions the same way as one-person, but it has the ... more »

How to Get Certified in First Aid

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If your position requires certification in first aid, you don't have to go back to school. You can take a quick course in a number of places. Just follow these steps... more »

How to Give Choking Victims First Aid

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Every year over 3 thousand people die due to choking. Food normally travels down the esophagus into the stomach. Occasionally it can go down the wrong way and go into the trachea. Choking occurs when the food or object becomes stuck in the ... more »

How to Give Yourself Emergency Wound Care

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You're pretty much by yourself, except for your soccer toddlers, and you're outside at a soccer practice when you trip on the grandstand stairs. You wound yourself in the forearm. It starts bleeding pretty bad. You DON'T have a First Aid kit (you ... more »

How to Help Somone Who is Choking

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Knowing this information can help save a life... more »

How to Hypothermia / What to do in case of...

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Handling life-threatening chilling of the body is crucial to survival of hypothermia. Know the signs and immediate first-aid to administer to victims... more »

How to Know First Aid ABCs

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There are two things everyone needs to live: air to breathe and a heartbeat. Without a heartbeat, a person is dead, if only until the heartbeat is restored. Without air, the heart will stop beating within a few minutes. To remember what to do to ... more »

How to Make a Stuff Sack Neck Splint for First Aid

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When preparing an evacuation by litter, it is crucial to keep the head and neck of the injured person immobilized. This simple device can help a lot towards that goal... more »

How to Prevent a Scar

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Scars. It's the body's natural internal band-aid. Scars form when there is injury to soft tissue and/or skin. Scars can vary in severity, color, form, height, and duration. They have these variations based on the severity of the wound, age, race, ... more »

How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness

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A summer day can be deadly to someone who is unable to cool down as a result of heat, dehydration or overexertion... more »

How to Recover after an Automobile Accident

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What happens after an auto accident? How do you feel? How do you recover? What is life like? There are two kinds of auto accidents--those that are totally devastating and obviously tragic. In these, people die and have very visible physical ... more »

How to rehydrate yourself after a loose bowel movement

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In all walks of life, we experienced things that sometimes we cannot just ignore it, an experienced that all people in this world cannot resists it to happen... more »

How to Remove a Foreign Object from a Child

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DON'T POST UNLESS PROPER MED. LOOKS AT THIS..SRB.. more »

How to Remove a Thorn

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Sometimes when a thorn gets stuck under your skin it will work itself back out. If not, you'll have to remove it in order to eliminate the symptoms of pain, redness and swelling the thorn may cause... more »

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