First Aid Medical Reference
- Treating Cuts and Bleeding in Children
WebMD explains the difference between minor wounds in children and those that require immediate treatment.
- Treating Ear Infections in Children
Ear infections are a common problem in kids. Find out how to treat mild ear infections at home.
- Treating Colds in Children
You can't cure your child's cold, but you can make him feel better. Try these steps.
- Treating Constipation in Children
Find out how to treat mild cases of constipation in your child at home.
- Treating a Child's Congestion or Stuffy Nose
Find out how to relieve your child's nasal congestion.
- Diarrhea Treatment in Children
Diarrhea is common in children. Find out how to treat it.
- Treating Burns and Scalds in Children
First aid for treating first-degree burns and scalds at home.
- Treating Bruises in Children
Kids get bruises, especially when they start to walk. Find out how to treat your child's bruises at home.
- Treating Bloody Stools in Children
A bloody stool is often not a serious problem in young children, but call your pediatrician.
- Insect Bites and Stings (Children)
Insect bites and stings are common in children. Try these first aid steps for bug bites and stings.
- Blue Lips (Cyanosis) Treatment in Children
It's common for newborns to have some blue skin once in a while. But if baby's lips, mouth, head, or trunk are blue, call the doctor.
- Choking in Children
Learn these steps from WebMD for helping a choking child.
- Causes and Treatment of Coughs in Children
Learn more from WebMD about whether to seek emergency care or call the doctor when your child has a cough.
- Breathing Problems in Children
WebMD tells you when to call the doctor - or seek emergency care - if your child is having breathing problems.
- Treating Minor Head Injuries in Children
Children often bump their heads. Here's what to do for a minor head injury and when to call for help.
- Convulsions in Children
What you need to know about convulsions and seizures in children.
- Reflux (Children)
WebMD explains reflux in infants and what to do if your baby vomits and spits up a lot.
- Teething Pain
Learn steps you can take to soothe your baby's teething pain, from the experts at WebMD.
- Stomachache and Nausea (Children)
WebMD explains what to do if your child has a bad stomachache or nausea.
- Rashes (Children)
Rashes can be common in children. WebMD explains how to treat a rash and when to call the doctor.
- Internal Bleeding Due to Trauma
WebMD explains trauma that can cause internal bleeding, and the signs and treatments of the bleeding.
- How to Treat Minor Cuts and Scrapes
Your guide to treating skinned knees, sliced fingers, and other cuts and abrasions.
- Fever: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
What is a fever and when should you call the doctor? Learn more from WebMD about the causes, symptoms, and treatments for a fever.
- Broken Toe Treatment
WebMD explains treatment for a broken toe.
- Dizziness Treatment
WebMD walks you through first aid steps for dizziness, usually a symptom of another problem.
- Jellyfish Sting Treatment
WebMD explains first aid steps after a jellyfish sting.
- Chest Pain Treatment
WebMD walks you through first aid treatment of chest pain, or angina.
- Treatment for Finger Injuries
From mild to serious, learn how many common finger injuries are treated.
- Blood in the Urine Treatment
Blood in the urine is usually a symptom of another medical problem. Find out from WebMD what to do if you or someone you love finds blood in their urine.
- Choking Treatment
WebMD walks you through the steps for emergency treatment of choking
- What Should I Do About Cuts, Scrapes, and Bites?
Minor cuts and scrapes are easy to patch up. More serious injuries and bites are not. Learn when to bandage yourself and when to see the doctor.
- Abdominal Pain in Children Treatment
WebMD helps you identify the stomach pain your child is experiencing - and tells you what to do.
- Sunburn Treatment
WebMD walks you through first aid treatment for sunburn.
- Wrist Injury Treatment
Learn more from WebMD about treating an injured wrist.
- Hands-Only CPR for Adults
What is Hands-Only CPR and when should it be used? Learn more from WebMD about this life-saving first aid technique.
- CPR for Children
If an infant or child is gasping or not breathing, start CPR immediately. WebMD takes you through first aid steps for restoring normal breathing while you wait for emergency help.
- Guidelines for CPR and Automated External Defibrillators
Do you know what to do if someone is having a heart attack? Find out more from WebMD about CPR techniques and using an automated external defibrillator, or AED. It could make the difference between life and death.
- Elbow Dislocation
An elbow dislocation happens when the bones of the forearm (the radius and ulna) move out of place, compared with the bone of the upper arm (the humerus).
- Barotrauma/Decompression Sickness
Barotrauma refers to medical problems that arise from the effects of water pressure when a scuba diver is beneath the surface.
- Wilderness: Pufferfish Poisoning
Ingestion of the poison found in pufferfish, a tetrodotoxin that is one of the most toxic poisons found in nature, leads to symptoms that may progress from numbness and tingling around the mouth, salivation, nausea, and vomiting to paralysis, loss of consciousness, and respiratory failure.
- Snakebite
WebMD looks at snakebites - the poisonous and the nonpoisonous -- including treatment and outlook.
- Chemical Burns
Although few people in the United States die after contact with chemicals in the home, many substances common in both living and storage areas can do serious harm.
- Broken Leg
WebMD explains the various ways a leg can be broken, and how a broken leg is diagnosed and treated.
- Frostbite
Frostbite occurs when tissues freeze.
- Wilderness: Shellfish Poisoning, Paralysis
Shellfish poisoning can occur after eating clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, cockles, starfish, and crustaceans that consume dinoflagellates during a red tide.
- Electric Shock
An electric shock occurs when a person comes into contact with an electrical energy source. This can often result in a burn. Learn more about treating electric shock and electrical burns.
- Iron Poisoning
Iron poisoning occurs when a person, usually a child, swallows a large number of iron-containing pills, most often vitamins.
- Wilderness: Cone Snail Sting
The sharp, venomous stinger of the cone snail imparts a paralytic toxin similar to that of the pufferfish and the blue-ringed octopus; poisoning symptoms may include pain, numbness, tingling, muscle paralysis, blurred/double vision, and respiratory paralysis.
- Foreign Body, Rectum
Any object may be inserted or present in the rectum, the part of the bowel leading to the anus; such foreign objects should be removed to prevent serious complications.
- Wilderness: Scorpionfish, Lionfish, and Stonefish Poisoning
Scorpionfish, lionfish, and stonefish are all poisonous fish that live in tropical and temperate oceans, especially the Red Sea and Indian and Pacific Oceans.