First aid Topics

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Animal and Human Bites
Applying a compression wrap for a sprained ankle
 
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Black Widow Spider Bite
Blisters
Blood and Body Fluid Precautions
Body Piercing Problems
Body Temperature
Brown Recluse Spider Bite
Bruises and Blood Spots Under the Skin
Burns
Burns to the Eye
 
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Care of an Insect Sting
Cast and Splint Care Tips
Chest Pain
Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich Maneuver)
Cleaning and Bandaging a Wound
Cold Temperature Exposure
Cuts
 
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Dealing With Emergencies
Dealing with low blood sugar from insulin for diabetes
Dealing with low blood sugar from medications for type 2 diabetes
Dealing with low blood sugar in children taking only oral medication for diabetes
Dealing with low blood sugar when you have gestational diabetes
Dealing with low blood sugar when your child takes insulin
Dehydration
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Diaper Rash
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diarrhea, Age 12 and Older
 
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Ear Canal Problems (Swimmer's Ear)
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 12 and Older
Earwax
Emergency Care for an Accidental Amputation
Emergency First Aid for Heatstroke
Eye Injuries
Eye Problems, Noninjury
 
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Facial Injuries
Fever Seizures
Fever, Age 3 and Younger
Fever, Age 4 and Older
Finger, Hand, and Wrist Injuries
Finger, Hand, and Wrist Problems, Noninjury
Fishhook Injuries
Fractured Rib
 
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Giving a child an epinephrine shot
Giving yourself an epinephrine shot
 
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Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Head Injury, Age 4 and Older
Headaches
Heat Rash
Heat-Related Illnesses
Helping a Person During a Seizure
Helping your child use a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) with a mask spacer
Hiccups
Home Ear Examination
How To Remove A Tick
How to Stop Bleeding From a Minor Head Wound
Hyperventilation
Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure
 
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Incision Care After Surgery
Insect Bites and Stings and Spider Bites
 
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Knee Problems and Injuries
 
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Laxatives
 
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Managing a manic episode
Managing an episode of croup
Managing hot flashes
Managing morning sickness
Marine Stings and Scrapes
 
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Nausea and Vomiting, Age 4 and Older
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Nosebleeds
 
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Objects in the Ear
Objects in the Eye
Objects in the Nose
 
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Pinkeye
Poisoning
Preventing high blood sugar emergencies from diabetes
Preventing high blood sugar emergencies in children with diabetes
Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
Pulse Measurement
Puncture Wounds
 
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Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Rash, Age 12 and Older
Rectal Problems
Rehabilitation exercises for an ankle sprain
Removing Splinters
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Problems, Age 12 and Older
Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation (RICE)
Ringing in the Ears (Tinnitus)
 
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Scalp Problems
Scrapes
Seabather's Eruption
Seizures
Shock
Shoulder Problems and Injuries
Sick-Day Guidelines for People With Diabetes
Skin care for atopic dermatitis
Skin care for psoriasis
Snake and Lizard Bites
Sore Throat
Stopping a Nosebleed
Sunburn
Swallowed Objects
Swelling
Swollen Glands and Other Lumps Under the Skin
 
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Tetanus
Tick Bites
Toe, Foot, and Ankle Injuries
Toe, Foot, and Ankle Problems, Noninjury
 
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Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 12 and Older
Using Ice and Cold Packs
 
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Vaginal Problems
Vomiting, Age 3 and Younger
 
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