First Aid for Common Emergencies

First Aid Basics

It is scary thinking that your child may get burned, choke on a toy, or have a seizure. Being prepared and knowing what to do in any of these common emergencies can help to make sure that your child gets quick care.

First Aid for Common Emergencies

• Burns
• Choking - Heimlich Maneuver
• CPR
• Head Trauma
• Insect Bites and Stings
• Near Drowning
• Seizures
• Trouble Breathing

Common First Aid Procedures

• Creating a sling
• Hand splint
• Poisonous snakes
• Sewing a wound closed
• Snakebite (poison) treatment

More First Aid Tips

• Amputation - Traumatic
• Bleeding
• Broken nose
• Broken teeth
• Cold Exposure - Extremities
• Crushed Digits
• Cut - Wound
• Dental Injuries
• Epistaxis - Nosebleeds
• Eye emergencies
• Fishhook removal
• Foreign body in the nose
• Foreign body lodged in the ear canal
• Heatstroke
• Inhalation of a foreign object
• Laceration
• Lost teeth
• Nursemaid's elbow
• Poisoning first aid
• Scrotal trauma
• Smashed fingers
• Snake bite
• Spider bite
• Sprains
• Stings - marine animals
• Straddle injury
• Strains - first aid
• Swallowed foreign object
• Unconsciousness - first aid