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Be Prepared: Essential First Aid (Part 1)

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Don't wait for an emergency to wish you knew what to do. This crucial list covers the fundamental first aid procedures that can make a life-saving difference in critical situations. Be prepared to help yourself and others.

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In an emergency situation, it’s important to be familiar with your first aid kit and know how to use it quickly.
How to Use your First Aid Kit & Contents - First Aid Training - St John Ambulance
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What do you do if you're choking and you're by yourself. Your first response is going to be to cough and try to get it out. You're going to do that automatically. If its not on there, it's not coming out, then you need to do something more. Number on...
How to Give Yourself Heimlich Maneuver
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This conscious adult choking lesson is for situations where you can see that an adult is choking and he or she is conscious. The choking victim will usually be exhibiting some unmistakable signs, including: 

They cannot cough. 
They cannot breathe. 
They cannot speak.
Conscious Adult Choking
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If a child is choking and conscious, signs include looking panicked, blue color around the lips, and the inability to talk, cough, or breathe. The child may do the universal choking sign with hands around their throat. Ask if the child needs help. Ge...
Conscious Child Choking
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This conscious infant choking lesson is for situations where you can see that an infant is choking and he or she is conscious.
Conscious Infant Choking
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In this lesson, we'll cover how to help an adult choking victim who is unconscious. In our fictional scenario, the adult victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.
Unconscious Adult Choking
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In this lesson, you'll learn how to help a choking victim who is an unconscious child. Just as with our last fictional choking scenario, this victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.
Unconscious Child Choking
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In this lesson, you'll learn how to help a choking victim who is an unconscious infant. And just like our last two fictional choking scenarios, this victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.
Unconscious Infant Choking
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Adult CPR is performed by first checking for responsiveness by tapping and shouting while looking at the face and chest for signs of breathing... If there is no response and no breathing, call emergency medical services (911). Perform 30 chest compre...
Adult CPR
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Learn how to perform CPR on a child. Much of the process will look the same as adult CPR, but there are some subtle yet crucial differences to take note of.
Child CPR
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In this lesson, you'll learn how to perform CPR on an infant. Much of the process will look the same as adult and child CPR, but again there are some subtle yet crucial differences to take note of – namely, the techniques for performing chest compres...
Infant CPR
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Arterial bleeding is characterized by brighter red blood that may pulsate or spurt. Apply direct pressure with a dressing. If blood leaks through, apply more dressing on top. Never remove a dressing. If there are no bone fractures or spinal cord inju...
Bleeding Control: Arterial Bleeding
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Capillary bleeding refers to superficial abrasion wounds. Treatment involves initial oozing control, cleaning, and after-treatment. First, you should dab off any excess blood. Second, clean with an aseptic solution such as hydrogen peroxide. Next, ap...
Bleeding Control: Capillary Bleeding
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Venous bleeding is more severe than capillary bleeding, but is not under pressure like arterial bleeding. It is characterized by oozing or running of dark colored blood. You should first apply direct pressure with a bandage for 1-2 minutes. Do not li...
Bleeding Control: Venous Bleeding
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Arterial bleeding is the most severe and urgent type of bleeding injury. It can occur due to a penetrating injury, blunt trauma, or from damage to organs or blood vessels.
Arterial Bleeding (Child)
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Capillary bleeding has the classic appearance of a road rash type of wound. Anyone who has fallen off a bike or while playing sports likely has some experience with this type of bleeding injury.
Capillary Bleeding (Child)
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Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable deaths due to a trauma. While venous bleeding is usually less serious than arterial bleeding, it still can pose a serious health risk to the victim. Venous bleeding can be the result of ext...
Venous Bleeding (Child)
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Burns can range from minor to life-threatening, and the severity of the burn depends on the amount of skin burned and the depth of the burn. They’re classified by their severity: first-degree, second-degree, third-degree, and fourth-degree burns.
Burns | Rule of Nines, Types, Causes, Care
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