Common First Aid Dos and Don’ts
Don’t: Lean Back for Nosebleeds
Don’t: Butter Your Burns
Do: Put the Tooth Back In
Don’t: Apply Heat on Frozen Hands
Do: Push Down on Serious Bleeding
Do: Use the Heimlich for Choking
Do: Back Slap for Choking
Do: Keep a Severed Finger
Don’t: Take Ipecac for Poisoning
Don’t: Remove Deeply Stuck Objects
Don’t: Remove Gauze on Deep Wounds
Don’t: Rub an Injured Eye
Do: Roll an Unconscious Person on Their Side
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SOURCES:
American Academy of Family Physicians: “Nosebleeds.”
American Academy of Ophthalmology: “Recognizing and Treating Eye Injuries.”
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Frostbite.”
American Academy of Pediatrics: “Splinters and Other Foreign Bodies in the Skin.”
American Red Cross: “Conscious Choking.”
Beth Israel Lahey Health: “True or False: Applying Butter to a Burn Aids Healing and Relieves Pain.”
British National Health Service.
British Red Cross: “Learn first aid for someone who is unresponsive and breathing.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Nosebleed (Epistaxis): Management and Treatment.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “Emergencies and First Aid - Recovery Position,” “Emergencies and First Aid - Direct Pressure to Stop Bleeding.”
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center: “Butter on Burns? Does it Really Work?”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Choking and the Heimlich Maneuver.”
Mayo Clinic: “Choking: First aid,” “Severe bleeding: First aid,” “Frostbite: First aid.”
National Capital Poison Center: “Ipecac: Don’t Use It!”
Stjohn.org: “External Bleeding.”
The Nemours Foundation: “First Aid: Teeth Injuries,” “First Aid: Frostbite.”
UCI Health: “Home burn care do’s and don’ts.”
University of Rochester Medical Center: “Taking Care of Cuts and Scrapes.”
Victoria Department of Health & Human Services (Australia): “Choking.”