First Aid for Muscle Cramps: Quick Relief Techniques
Do you know why muscle cramps occur and how to care for them? Keep reading to find out about the first aid for muscle cramps and more.
Author: John Furst
First Aid for Amputation: Quick Actions for Amputation
According to research, each year, about 150,000 patients in the United States go through a lower extremity amputation. An amputation refers to a surgery where all the limbs or a part of a limb...
First Aid for Genital Injury: Swift Response for Proper Treatment
Do you know about the proper first aid for a genital injury? Keep reading to find out how to help someone in such a situation.
First Aid for Dental Injury: Immediate Steps for Emergency Dental Care
Do you know how to treat a dental injury? Keep reading to find out how to take care of such injuries and what the related symptoms and causes are.
First Aid for Foreign Objects in Eye: 13 Effective Steps
Did you know that, as per the American Academy of Ophthalmology, foreign objects in the eye account for 35% of the 2.4 million eye injuries that occur every year? When something gets stuck in...
Toothache First Aid: 10 Essential First Aid Measures
Did you know that the teeth are the only part of the human body that can’t heal by themselves? I believe that dental health is connected to our overall health in many ways, which...
The First Aid Classification of Burns
In this blog post we look at the different ways of classifying different burns in first aid. Burns can be classified by their type and depth. Classifying burns is an important skill for first aiders and first...
Mouth Sores First Aid: A Guide to Quick Relief Techniques
Were you aware of the fact that canker sores – which are a type of mouth sores – affect almost 25% of the population? As someone who has suffered from mouth sores several times,...
First Aid for Diarrhea: 6 Essential Steps to Take
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diarrhea kills 2195 children every day, which is a higher number than measles, malaria, and AIDS combined. Research also suggests that diarrhea can harmfully affect...
First Aid for Spider Bites: 6 Quick and Effective Steps
Did you know that there are more than 3500 spiders that one can find in the United States? While most of them are not dangerous, the two dangerous species of spiders to know about...
First Aid for High Blood Pressure: 7 Effective Steps to Take
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hypertension was a contributing or primary cause of 691,095 deaths in 2021 in the United States. Given the fact that statistically it claims so many...
Emergency scene management for first aiders
Emergency scene management is a vital skill for all first aiders and first responders. So what does emergency scene management mean and how does it work? The safety of rescuers is the first priority...
What factors can affect pulse and respiratory rates?
Taking an accurate pulse and respiratory rate is a core skill for first aiders. Pulse and respiration rates are two of the five vital signs used to measure the essential functions of the human...
How many cycles of CPR should you perform in 2 minutes?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) comprises of cycles of chest compressions and rescue breaths in a ratio of 30 chest compressions to 2 rescue breaths (30:2). One ‘cycle’ of CPR is one round of 30:2. In order to maintain effective...
