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First Aid and Emergency Health Care

First Aid and Emergency Health Care

Learn how to do basic first aid and handle an emergency with help from wikiHow’s First Aid and Emergency Health Care category. Get expert advice on handling a variety of emergencies, including facial swelling, sudden chest pains, broken bones, and more. You can also find general first aid instruction, from assessing level of consciousness to calling an ambulance.

Articles about First Aid and Emergency Health Care

When to Worry about Left Arm Pain (And When Not To)
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Request a Welfare Check for Someone
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Check for Appendicitis at Home: Signs, Tests & More
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What to Do If a Popcorn Kernel Is Stuck in Your Throat
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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on Yourself
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Tape a Thumb
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Carry Someone Who's Bigger Than You
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Make a Saline Solution
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Do a Fireman's Carry
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Reduce Swollen Fingers
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Faint Safely
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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver
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Safely Perform an Emergency Air Puncture (Tracheotomy)
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Identify & Rescue Someone Drowning
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Get Fiberglass Splinters Out of Your Skin: Removal & Safety Tips
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The Heimlich Maneuver: How to Help a Choking Child Breathe
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Deal With the Pain of a Door Being Shut on Your Finger
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Tell if Someone Is Dead
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What to Do if You or Someone Else Has Swallowed Gasoline
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Butterfly Bandages: Easy Steps to Use a Steri-Strip
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Treat Airbag Burns
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Basic First Aid: The Three Cs, Caring for Common Injuries & More
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Do a Two Person Arm Carry
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Carry Someone Who's Hurt While Applying First Aid
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Treat a Finger Hit by a Hammer
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Deal With Fainting
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Reduce Tongue Swelling
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Use an Inhaler
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Stop Feeling Like You’re Going to Pass Out: Prevent Yourself from Fainting
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Passing Out vs. Sleeping: What to Do If Someone Is Unresponsive
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Stop an Asthma Attack Without an Inhaler
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Add ICE to Your Cell Phone
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Get Pepper Spray Off Your Hands
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Care for Road Rash
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Treat a Bleeding Ulcer
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Backboard a Spinal Injury Victim in the Water
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Make a First Aid Kit for Kids
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Heal an Infected Cut
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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a Baby
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Use Povidone Iodine Solution
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Quickly Lower Blood Sugar
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Find the Popliteal Pulse
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Perform First Aid Assists and Carries
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Numb Skin
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Treat Apple Cider Vinegar Burns
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Call 911
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Create a Home First Aid Kit
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Give Insulin Shots
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Help Someone That Has Overdosed
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Ease Sudden Chest Pain
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Make a Simple Stretcher
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Preserve a Severed Limb
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What to Do If Someone’s Choking: Symptoms & First Aid Advice
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Text 911 for Help (& What to Do If You Can’t)
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Handle an Emergency Situation
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Reduce Facial Swelling
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Use an Epipen
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Call Emergency Services
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Handle Caffeine Overdose
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Check Airway, Breathing and Circulation
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Treat an Acid Attack
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Recognize Radiation Sickness
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Call an Ambulance and Report an Emergency
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Avoid Drowning
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Avoid Food Triggered Seizures
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Help a Victim of a Car Accident
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Detect Appendicitis During Pregnancy
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Recognize and Treat Alcohol Poisoning
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Provide First Aid for a Broken Bone
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Reduce Appendix Pain
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Test the Effectiveness of a Bandage
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Assess Level of Consciousness During First Aid
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Go to the Hospital
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Take a Temperature
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Prevent Fainting
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Administer Narcan
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Deal with Fainting at School
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Recognize the Symptoms of Stomach Ulcers
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Operate an Ambulance Stretcher
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Survive a Gas Attack
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Put Someone in the Recovery Position
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