First Aid Basics: Emergency Care Before Help Arrives: Publications and Documents
Summary
The Disabled World (DW) First Aid section offers a range of publications, including articles and research papers, providing insights into various first aid and emergency medical topics such as updated first aid guidelines, burn treatment, wound care, hypothermia, and mental health first aid. Contributions come from sources like the American Red Cross, Mayo Clinic, and individual authors, with some items being peer-reviewed. These resources offer potentially useful and interesting information that could be helpful to a broad audience, including people with disabilities and seniors, in understanding and managing emergency health situations.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Published Date Revised Date |
|---|---|
| Child Swallowed Button Battery? Honey May Reduce Injury Study finds drinking honey or Carafate, a cherry flavored duodenal ulcer prescription, may help reduce esophageal damage from button batteries swallowed by kids. | |
| Quake Kare's ER Blood Stopper Kit Stops Severe Bleeding from Penetrating Wounds March 31 is National Stop the Bleed Day – help save a life. Quake Kare ER Blood Stopper Kit stops severe bleeding from penetrating wounds. | |
| Updated First Aid Guidelines The American Red Cross and American Heart Association announced changes to guidelines for administering first aid. | |
| Burns: Types and First Aid Treatment Burns are categorized as first, second, or third degree depending upon how badly the person's skin has been damaged. Each of the common burns people experience may cause any of these three types of burns. | |
| Wound Care Basics: Bandages and Skin Moisture Information regarding proper skin care by dressing and caring for wounds to help prevent infection. | |
| Hypothermia: Symptoms, Prevention, Treatment Information regarding Hypothermia, a dangerous condition marked by an unusually low internal body temperature. | |
| Mental Health First Aid Program Mental Health First Aid is a program helping the public to identify understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders. | |
| CPR Successful on Man with No Pulse for 96 Minutes Even though he was given continuous CPR and a series of shocks with a defibrillator the man was without a pulse for 96 minutes. | |
| A New Order for CPR, Spelled C-A-B Recommending that chest compressions be the first step for lay and professional rescuers to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest. |
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