First-Aid Guide - Table of Contents

Medical emergencies don't occur every day. But when they do, information can help you deal with these situations.

• Immediate Action - Basic First Steps
   
• Anaphylaxis - Severe allergic reaction
   
• Animal bites
   
• Appendicitis - Pain in the lower right abdomen
   
• Asthma - Breathing difficulties
   
• Birthing - Delivering a Baby
   
• Black eye
   
• Blisters
   
• Broken Bones
   
• Bruise
   
• Burns
   
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Asphyxiation
   
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
   
• Chemical burns
   
• Chemical splash in the eye
   
• Chest pain
   
• Choking - General:
   
  • First Aid for a Choking Conscious Adult
     
  • First Aid for a Choking Conscious Child - (1-8 years old)
     
  • First Aid for a Choking Conscious Infant (<1 years old)
     
• Corneal abrasion (scratch)
   
• CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
   
• Cuts and scrapes
   
• Dislocation
   
• Electrical burns
   
• Electrical shock
   
• Fainting
   
• Fever
   
• First-aid kits
   
• Food-borne illness
   
• Foreign object in the ear
   
• Foreign object in the eye
   
• Foreign object in the nose
   
• Foreign object in the skin
   
• Foreign object inhaled
   
• Foreign object swallowed
   
• Fractures (broken bones)
   
• Frostbite
   
• Gastroenteritis
   
• Head pain
   
• Head trauma
   
• Heart attack
   
• Heat cramps
   
• Heat exhaustion
   
• Heatstroke
   
• Heimlich Manoeuver
   
• Human bites
   
• Hypothermia
   
• Insect bites and stings
   
• Motion sickness
   
• Nosebleeds
   
• Poisoning
   
• Puncture wounds
   
• Seizure
   
• Severe bleeding
   
• Shock
   
• Snakebites
   
• Spider bites
   
• Spinal injury
   
• Sprain
   
• Stroke
   
• Sunburn
   
• Tick bites
   
• Tooth loss
   
• Toothache

Disclaimer: This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, emergency treatment or formal first-aid training. Don't use this information to diagnose or develop a treatment plan for a health problem or disease without consulting a qualified health care provider. If you're in a life-threatening or emergency medical situation, seek medical assistance immediately.

*  This emergency First Aid guide is based on the guides prepared by the Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington.
 

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