Site Links for First Aid
- First Aid Topics A-to-Z from WebMD
- Slideshow: Bandaging Injuries From Head to Toe
- Slideshow: Caring for Wounds
- Slideshow: Wound Care Dos and Don'ts
- Slideshow: What to Know About Swallowed Objects
- Slideshow: Snakebite Symptoms and Treatment
- Slideshow: Broken Bones and How They Heal
- Slideshow: How Does My Wound Heal, and How Do I Treat It?
- Slideshow: Anatomy of a Bruise
- Slideshow: 8 Essential on-the-Go First Aid Kit Items
- Slideshow: What Can Heat Do to Your Body?
- Slideshow: When Should You Call 911?
- Infant CPR Video: Step-by-Step Instructions
- Drug Overdose Treatment
- Neck Strain Treatment
- What should you avoid doing if you have broken toenails?
- What to Do When Your Toenail Is Falling Off
- When should you call 911 about your child coughing?
- When should you call the doctor about your child and coughing?
- How can you relieve your child's congestion?
- Can drinking fluids help with hypothermia?
- How should I help someone who has been struck by lightning?
- What are symptoms of hypothermia in infants?
- What is the emergency treatment for lightning strike?
- How can you prevent dehydration from coughing in babies and children?
- How can you make a child comfortable when they have a cough?
- How can cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) help with treating hypothermia?
- What are symptoms of hypothermia in adults and children?
- What should I do for someone with hypothermia?
- Treating Coughs in Children
- Foreign Body, Rectum Treatment
- Hypothermia Treatment
- Lightning Strike Treatment
- When should you call 911 about a burn or scald on a child?
- First Aid for Burns in Children
- Signs of Labor
- Barotrauma/Decompression Sickness Treatment
- Can bleeding disorders cause nosebleeds
- Should I tell my doctor if I'm getting a lot of nose bleeds?
- When should you get medical help for a nose bleed?
- When should you take your child to the ER for a nose bleed?
- When should you take your child to the doctor about a nose bleed?
- When Should I Call the Doctor About Nosebleeds?
- What Causes Nosebleeds?
- What causes a nose bleed?
- How should I treat the symptoms of my child's migraine?
- When should I call 911 for my child's migraine?
- What is the follow-up treatment for my child's migraine?
- When should I seek medical help for my child's migraine?
- Treatment of Migraine Headaches in Children
- How can you clean a minor cut?
- When should you call the doctor about minor cuts or scrapes?
- When does a scrape or cut begin to heal?
- What should you know about treating minor cuts and scrapes?
- What are the signs of an infection in a cut or scrape?
- How can you stop the bleeding of a minor cut or scrape?
- How should you cover a cut or scrape?
- Treating Minor Cuts and Scrapes
- What should you do about fishhook injuries?
- What are follow-up treatments for toxic shock syndrome?
- When should I call 911 about hives?
- How can I treat the itch of hives?
- When should you a call a doctor about heat exhaustion?
- Where can I get help for my child's broken finger?
- When do you need stitches for bleeding?
- What should I do if my child breaks a finger?
- How do I reduce swelling and prevent injury of an area affected by fracture or dislocation?
- When should I call the doctor about my child's reflux?
- How do I stop the bleeding from a broken foot?
- What are symptoms of tetanus that need immediate medical attention?
- When should you call 911 about a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
- How can you treat symptoms of testicular pain?
- What can be used to hold a first aid kit?
- What Is Asphyxia?
- When should you call 911 about choking?
- When should I see a doctor about a puncture wound?
- What fluids should I give my child with diarrhea?
- How can I control the swelling and pain from a toothache?
- How can I clean and protect a puncture wound, and what’s the follow-up for treatment?
- If I have diving ear pain, how long should I wait before going on another dive?
- What should I do to treat bleeding from a hand?
- How can I treat the symptoms of diving ear pain?
- When should cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) be used, and how effective is it?
- How do a I treat a cut on my hand?
- When should you call your doctor about your wound?
- How do you rinse a burn?
- How are snakebites treated in the hospital?
- How can you manage the itching of your cast?
- What is a fiberglass cast?
- What is the first thing should you do about chemical burns?
- When should you call a doctor about dehydration in children under 12 years?
- How do you control swelling of a dislocated finger?
- What are some first aid steps for a stingray sting?
- How should I remove the stinger for honeybee stings in children?
- How do you clean a tick bite?
- How do you stop the bleeding from human bites?
- How can you reduce the swelling of a broken leg?
- Should you see a doctor about human bites?
- How can you reduce the swelling of a broken arm?
- How can I help a person with benign postitional vertigo?
- How do you bandage an area affected by frostbite?
- When should you stop CPR?
- What should you do if you think you may have frostbite?
- Which symptoms of an allergic reaction need medical attention?
- What should I do if someone has overdosed?
- How can you soothe your bruise to heal it?
- What are symptoms of a slipped disk that needs immediate medical attention?
- How should I check breathing before giving a child CPR?
- What should you do if you can't turn off the power when someone has had an electric shock?
- Finger Dislocation Treatment
- First Aid Treatment for Low Blood Sugar
- Sexual Assault Treatment
- How can you replace fluids for mild dehydration in a child age 1 to 11?
- What does follow up for dehydration involve?
- How can you replace fluids for dehydration in an infant up to 1 year old?
- When should you call 911 about dehydration in children under 12 years?
- When should you call your doctor about your cast?
- How can you ease swelling if you have to wear a cast?
- What is a plaster cast?
- What are symptoms of a dislocated finger?
- Do I need to see a doctor for a dislocated finger?
- How should you apply ice on a bruise?
- When should you call a doctor about bruises?
- How can I ease my child's pain from bruises?
- What is the follow-up treatment for a dislocated finger?
- What are symptoms of a heart attack?
- What kind of tests do you get in an ER for a possible heart attack?
- How can you ease itching and discomfort from poison ivy, oak, or sumac allergies?
- How can you immobilize a broken finger?
- How can you control the swelling of a broken finger?
- When should you start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for chest injury?
- What follow-up care can you expect for wrist injury?
- How can you control the swelling of your injured wrist?
- When should you call 911 about poison ivy, oak, or sumac allergies?
- When should you get medical help about a wrist injury?
- When should you call 911 about chest injury?
- How can you control swelling from a shoulder dislocation?
- When should you call 911 about shoulder dislocation?
- How do you use automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- What should you do about aspirin poisoning?
- What are the follow-up treatments for aspirin poisoning?
- What should you do for a broken shoulder blade?
- What should you do about toxic shock syndrome?
- When and how can you remove a fishhook after an injury?
- What do you need to know about using an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- How is skier's thumb symptoms treated?
- What are signs that a person is at risk of committing suicide?
- What are signs of a broken foot that needs immediate medical attention?
- What helps treat the pain from a slipped disk?
- How do I reduce swelling in my child's broken finger?
- How should I get help for my friend who has suicidal thoughts?
- Do I need to see a doctor if I think I have a slipped disk?
- Is spitting up a problem in babies?
- How do I manage pain and inflammation in the area affected by fracture or dislocation?
- How can I fix my child's reflux when feeding?
- How do I control swelling of a broken foot?
- How long should you rest if you have a slipped disk?
- What are signs of a broken finger in children that needs immediate medical attention?
- What will a doctor do to treat a dislocated knee?
- What should I say if a friend is talking about suicide?
- How do I make a splint for my child's broken finger?
- What will your doctor do if you have a fractured or dislocated bone?
- If someone dislocates their knee, can you put it back into place?
- What helps with the pain from a tailbone injury?
- How do I stop the bleeding of an area affected by fracture or dislocation?
- What's the treatment if you have tetanus?
- What can I do for a child with convulsions while waiting for medical help?
- How should I clean the area affected by insect bites and stings in children?
- What do I need to know about convulsion in children?
- When should I call a doctor about insect bites and stings in children?
- How do I treat symptoms of broken or knocked-out teeth?
- What are signs of convulsion in children that need immediate medical attention?
- How should I treat symptoms of insect bites and stings in children?
- What do I need to know about insect bites and stings in children?
- What are signs of insect bites and stings in children that need immediate medical attention?
- How can people with shoulder and neck pain reduce swelling?
- When should I get medical for a neck strain?
- How should people with shoulder and neck pain rest?
- What's the medical treatment for a stingray sting?
- When are some tests for shoulder and neck pain?
- What are some first aid steps for a knocked-out teeth?
- What OTC meds can help ease shoulder and neck pain?
- When should a person with shoulder and neck pain seek medical care?
- What can I do at home to ease a neck strain?
- How should you help a person with knocked-out teeth?
- What should you do if you think someone has carbon monoxide poisoning?
- How is carbon monoxide poisoning treated at the hospital?
- How can people with shoulder and neck pain ease muscle spasms?
- What are symptoms of a severe allergic reaction to a stingray sting?
- What do I do if my infant isn't breathing due to choking?
- What should I feed my child with diarrhea?
- How can I try to dislodge an object that's causing my child to choke?
- When should you call a doctor about your child's diarrhea?
- When should I call a pediatrician about my child's diarrhea?
- What should I do if my baby is unconscious due to choking?
- When should you start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to your child who is choking?
- What causes diarrhea in children?
- What should you do if your baby loses consciousness due to choking?
- What should I do to help my child if they're choking?
- How can you immobilize a broken arm?
- When should you call 911 about human bites?
- How do you remove a tick?
- How do you clean human bites?
- When should you see a doctor about a tick bite?
- How can you stop the bleeding of a broken arm?
- When should you call 911 about a broken leg?
- When should you call 911 about a broken arm?
- What should I do if I have frostnip?
- How is frostbite diagnosed?
- What can you expect if you are admitted for frostbite?
- How can using antihistamine help with treating hives?
- How do you remove pubic lice and eggs?
- When should I call my doctor about hives?
- How can I treat allergy symptoms?
- How do you stop the spread of pubic lice and eggs?
- How do you tell if you need stitches?
- What are stitches?
- What can help keep your bruise as small as can be?
- Should you put a steak on a bruise?
- How do you chill a bruise to heal it?
- What should you do before you go to the doctor for stitches?
- Why are stitches important?
- When should I see a doctor about a sprain or strain?
- What is RICE therapy?
- When should you call 911 about heat exhaustion?
- What can be done to treat heat exhaustion?
- How is benign positional vertigo treated?
- How do you do chest compressions during CPR?
- What is the follow-up care for a broken toe?
- How do you work and automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- When should I get medical attention about benign positional vertigo?
- When should I see a doctor about my broken toe?
- What should I do before starting CPR?
- What are symptoms of broken toe?
- How do you prevent swelling and further injury from a broken toe?
- When should you call 911 about frostbite?
- What is the follow-up care for frostbite?
- How do you get warmth back to someone with frostbite?
- When should I have someone call 911 when I'm giving CPR?
- When should you get medical help for a wound?
- How should I clean a wound?
- When should you bandage a wound?
- How can an antibiotic cream or ointment help with treating your wound?
- How can I stop the bleeding from a puncture wound?
- How can I treat pain from a puncture wound?
- When should I see a health care provider about altitude or mountain sickness?
- When should you call or see a doctor about a puncture wound right away?
- When should I get medical attention about a hand injury?
- If a person’s hand is broken, how can I control swelling?
- What can be done to treat a broken hand right away?
- How does a health care provider treat a broken hand?
- When should get my child medical attention for an electrical shock?
- What are symptoms of mild altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness?
- How can I prevent a person with broken jaw from choking?
- When should I get medical help for hyperventilation?
- What are symptoms of diving ear pain (barotrauma)?
- How can I control itching caused by drug allergy?
- When should I see a doctor right away about my drug allergy?
- Where can I learn about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs)?
- How can I treat the symptoms of altitude or mountain sickness?
- If I have a toothache, how can I clean my mouth?
- How is a broken jaw treated?
- How can I treat mountain sickness?
- Why should I know cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- When should I get medical attention for a drug allergy?
- How can I immobilize someone’s broken jaw, and how can I control swelling?
- When should I see a dentist about my toothache?
- How can I operate an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- When do I need medical attention for diving ear pain?
- What should I expect if I see a dentist about a toothache?
- What is automated external defibrillator (AED)?
- What is the first thing to do for treatment of broken jaw?
- How do I know if my hand injury is infected?
- When should I get medical attention if my kid is having breathing problems?
- When should I call the doctor if my kid is having breathing problems?
- What tests are done for blood in your urine?
- How do I treat sprains, finger dislocations or fractures?
- What questions will my doctor ask about the blood in the urine?
- When should I get medical attention for my hand injury?
- What fluids are best for dehydration from diarrhea?
- How long does diarrhea last?
- How do you treat swollen testicles?
- What should I do about swollen testicles?
- What should you eat when you have diarrhea?
- When should you call a doctor about diarrhea?
- What should I do for someone who has diarrhea?
- What kind of wounds need stitches?
- What will my doctor do if I have paronychia?
- How can you separate someone who had an electric shock from the current's source if high voltage is involved?
- What will your doctor do if you have testicular pain?
- What conditions can be treated with travel first aid kits?
- When should you call 911 about electric shock?
- When should you do if someone has had an electric shock?
- What should your household first aid kit contain?
- Where should you keep your first aid kit?
- What will a doctor do if you've had an electric shock?
- When should you get medical help for testicular pain?
- What minor injuries can be treated with home first aid kits?
- When should you call a doctor about a splinter?
- What should you do to someone with a snakebite while waiting for medical help?
- First Aid Tips for Minor Injuries
- Stroke Treatment
- Treating Hives in Children
- Broken Hip Treatment
- Treating Insect Bites and Stings in Children
- Internal Bleeding Due to Trauma: Symptoms, Treatments
- Dizziness Treatment
- Heart Attack Treatment
- Vomiting and Nausea Treatment
- Allergic Reaction Treatment
- Transient Ischemic Attack (Mini-stroke) Treatment
- Stingray Injury Treatment
- Drug Allergy Treatment
- Smoke Inhalation Treatment
- Hives and Angioedema Treatment
- Puncture Wound Treatment
- Severe Allergic Reaction (Anaphylactic Shock)
- Black Widow Spider Bite Treatment
- Decompression Syndromes: The Bends Treatment
- Food Poisoning Treatment
- Rectal Bleeding Treatment
- First Aid for Mild Headaches
- When to Call a Doctor About a Sting or Bite
- Heat Stroke vs. Heat Exhaustion
- Treatment for Dizziness
- Symptoms of Dizziness
- Treating Heat-Related Illnesses
- The Basics of Heat-Related Illness
- What Is the RICE Method for Injuries?
- Leg Injuries: Fractures, Sprains, Strains, and Dislocation
- Ankle Fracture Treatment
- Sprains and Strains Treatment
- Treatment of Sprains and Strains
- The Basics of Sprains and Strains
- What foods can you eat after traveler's diarrhea?
- How can you treat symptoms of traveler's diarrhea?
- When should you see a health care provider about traveler's diarrhea?
- What helps someone rehydrate if they have traveler's diarrhea?
- Traveler's Diarrhea Treatment
- When should I call a doctor about my child's abdominal pain?
- Treatment for Abdominal Pain in Children
- Prevent Insect and Spider Bites
- Dry Eye Syndrome Treatment
- Video on First Aid Dos and Don’ts
- Heat Stroke Treatment
- How to Prevent Frostbite
- How bad is my burn?
- What are electrical burns?
- What are chemical burns?
- What are radiation burns?
- What are friction burns?
- What are thermal burns?
- What are cold burns?
- What Are the Types and Degrees of Burns?
- How can you prevent further bleeding during pregnancy?
- When should you call 911 about bleeding during pregnancy?
- How should you go about getting help if you are bleeding during pregnancy?
- How can you monitor bleeding during pregnancy?
- Pregnancy, Bleeding Treatment
- What causes disequilibrium?
- What causes anxiety-related dizziness?
- What causes vertigo?
- What is disequilibrium?
- What is lightheadedness?
- What is dizziness?
- What causes lightheadedness?
- What is vertigo?
- How is anxiety related to dizziness?
- What can also cause dizziness as a side effect?
- What do people with dizziness feel?
- How to Treat Stomach Pain in Adults
- How should you rehydrate if you get a sunburn?
- How do you treat symptoms of a sunburn?
- When should you call 911 about a sunburn?
- When should you call a health care provider about a sunburn?
- Sunburn Treatment
- How are the symptoms of styes treated?
- How can you protect yourself from infections if you have a stye?
- When should you call your healthcare provider about a stye?
- What is Normal Body Temperature?
- How can I manage pain and inflammation from muscle strain?
- How can you manage pain and inflammation from an ankle fracture?
- How should I treat a stye?
- How do I treat an inflamed eye?
- What does follow-up treatment for a stye entail?
- How do I protect my eyes from infection when I have a stye?
- How do I treat eyelid inflammation?
- Stye Treatment
- Laryngitis Treatment
- Inflammation of the Testicle (Orchitis) Treatment
- Marine Stings
- Treatment for Animal Bites
- Rabies Treatment
- How should I clean and protect wounds caused by animal bites?
- When should I see a doctor if I think I might have been exposed to rabies?
- When does someone need medication attention for an animal bite?
- When should I call 911 about animal bites?
- What will my doctor do if I was bitten by an animal?
- What shots do you need if you might have been exposed to rabies?
- What information should I report if an animal has rabies?
- Treatment for a Facial Fracture
- Something’s Stuck in My Ear: What Do I Do?
- Broken Nose Treatment
- Hand Injuries Treatment
- Foreign Body, Nose Treatment
- Vaginal Bleeding Treatment
- Nosebleeds Treatment
- Broken Collarbone Treatment
- Human Bites Treatment
- Ticks Treatment
- Nursemaid Elbow Treatment
- Broken Shoulder Blade Treatment
- Splinters Treatment
- Broken Foot Treatment
- First Aid for Migraine Headaches
- Corneal Ulcer Treatment
- Nail Injuries Treatment
- Panic Attacks Treatment
- Testicular Pain Treatment
- When should I see a doctor for an animal bite?
- How do I treat animal bites and scratches?
- When Should I See My Doctor About Bruises?
- First Aid for Drowning in Children
- Drowning Treatment
- What Helps a Bruise Heal?
- Bruises: Why You Get Them & How To Treat
- What is the follow-up like for a first-degree burn?
- When should you call 911 for a thermal burn?
- How can you cool a second-degree burn?
- How can you prevent shock from second-degree burn?
- When should you see a doctor for a first-degree burn?
- What should you do to treat a third-degree burn?
- How can you protect a first-degree burn?
- How can you prevent shock from a third-degree burn?
- How can a doctor help with treating a second-degree burn?
- How can you cool a first-degree burn?
- How can you protect a second-degree burn?
- How can you treat a first-degree burn?
- Thermal (Heat or Fire) Burns Treatment
- How do you treat heat syncope in kids?
- How do you treat heat exhaustion in kids?
- How do you help your child if they have a heat illnesses related to dehydration?
- How do you treat heatstroke in kids?
- What should you do if your child starts to get dehydrated?
- What are symptoms of heat illness in a dehydrated child?
- How do you treat heat cramps in kids?
- Why are children more prone to dehydration?
- What are some symptoms of dehydration in children?
- Dehydration and Heat Illness in Children
- How to Prevent Sprains and Strains
- Frostbite Symptoms
- Symptoms of Sprains and Strains
- How do you treat a blister that has popped?
- What should you do to follow up on taking care of a blister?
- How do you drain a blister?
- Blisters Treatment
- How Should I Clean a Wound?
- Stitches, Staples, Glue: Which Do You Need?
- Bleeding Cuts or Wounds
- When You Should Call 911 After a Cut or Wound
- First Degree Burn Treatment
- Broken Finger Signs and Treatments
- What causes a fever?
- How is a fever diagnosed?
- What should you know about fevers?
- The Basics of Frostbite
- Diagnosis & Treatment of Frostbite
- What are some other causes of fever?
- When should you call the doctor about a fever?
- How is a fever treated?
- High Temperature? Find Out What Causes a Fever
- How to Keep Your Baby From Swallowing Something Dangerous
- Broken Toe Treatment
- Video on Key Facts About Heat Illness
- When are you more likely to get toe infections?
- What causes toe infections?
- How is a toe infection treated?
- When should you see a doctor about toe infections?
- How can you treat toe infections at home?
- What are the symptoms of a toe infection?
- What should you know about toe infections?
- Is My Toe Infected?
- What are symptoms of heat stroke that needs immediate medical attention?
- How can I lower the body temperature of a person with heat stroke?
- How can you give your child fluids when he or she is dehydrated?
- How can I control nausea and vomiting while treating food poisoning?
- When should you call 911 about dehydration in your child?
- How can I keep from getting dehydrated while recovering from food poisoning?
- When should you call a doctor about food poisoning?
- When should I call my doctor about my child's stomach ache and nausea?
- When should you call 911 about vomiting and nausea?
- How can you help your child cool off when he or she is dehydrated?
- What should you do if temperature is above 102 degrees but below 105 degrees for a 4-month-old or older who has been immunized?
- When should you call the doctor about your child's fever?
- When should you call 911 for a fever in children?
- How should you take the temperature of a 4-month-old or older who has been immunized?
- When should you see your doctor about vomiting and nausea?
- When should you call your pediatrician for a 4-month-old with a fever?
- What should you do if temperature is below 102 degrees for a 4-month-old or older who has been immunized?
- What are self care options for vomiting?
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