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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.

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Check for Appendicitis at Home: Signs, Tests & More

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Make a Saline Solution

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Do a Fireman’s Carry the Right Way

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on Yourself

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The Heimlich Maneuver: How to Help a Choking Child Breathe

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Basic First Aid: The Three Cs, Caring for Common Injuries & More

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Deal With Fainting

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What to Do If Someone’s Choking: Symptoms & First Aid Advice

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Care for Road Rash

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Make a First Aid Kit for Kids

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a Baby

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Reduce Facial Swelling

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Recognize Radiation Sickness

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Provide First Aid for a Broken Bone

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Articles about First Aid and Emergency Health Care

When to Worry about Left Arm Pain (And When Not To)

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Check for Appendicitis at Home: Signs, Tests & More

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Request a Welfare Check for Someone

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Tape a Thumb

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What to Do If a Popcorn Kernel Is Stuck in Your Throat

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Make a Saline Solution

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Carry Someone Who's Bigger Than You

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Do a Fireman’s Carry the Right Way

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver

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Faint Safely

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Reduce Swollen Fingers

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Safely Perform an Emergency Air Puncture (Tracheotomy)

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on Yourself

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Do a Two Person Arm Carry

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The Heimlich Maneuver: How to Help a Choking Child Breathe

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Tell if Someone Is Dead

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Deal With the Pain of a Door Being Shut on Your Finger

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Basic First Aid: The Three Cs, Caring for Common Injuries & More

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Carry Someone Who's Hurt While Applying First Aid

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Identify & Rescue Someone Drowning

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Stop an Asthma Attack Without an Inhaler

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Give Insulin Shots

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Get Fiberglass Splinters Out of Your Skin: Removal & Safety Tips

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Treat a Finger Hit by a Hammer

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Find the Popliteal Pulse

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Butterfly Bandages: Easy Steps to Use a Steri-Strip

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Use an Inhaler

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What to Do if You or Someone Else Has Swallowed Gasoline

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Stop Feeling Like You’re Going to Pass Out: Prevent Yourself from Fainting

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Deal With Fainting

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Add ICE to Your Cell Phone

Reduce Tongue Swelling

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Treat Airbag Burns

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Get Pepper Spray Off Your Hands

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What to Do If Someone’s Choking: Symptoms & First Aid Advice

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Passing Out vs. Sleeping: What to Do If Someone Is Unresponsive

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Care for Road Rash

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Make a First Aid Kit for Kids

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Perform First Aid Assists and Carries

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Make a Simple Stretcher

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Treat a Bleeding Ulcer

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Check Airway, Breathing and Circulation

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Ease Sudden Chest Pain

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Perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a Baby

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Heal an Infected Cut

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Use an Epipen

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Treat an Acid Attack

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Help a Victim of a Car Accident

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Quickly Lower Blood Sugar

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Help Someone That Has Overdosed

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Create a Home First Aid Kit

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Reduce Facial Swelling

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Detect Appendicitis During Pregnancy

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Use Povidone Iodine Solution

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Handle an Emergency Situation

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Treat Apple Cider Vinegar Burns

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Call Emergency Services

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Handle Caffeine Overdose

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Call an Ambulance and Report an Emergency

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Call 911

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Assess Level of Consciousness During First Aid

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Recognize Radiation Sickness

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Avoid Food Triggered Seizures

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Numb Skin

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Avoid Drowning

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Test the Effectiveness of a Bandage

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Deal with Fainting at School

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Preserve a Severed Limb

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Take a Temperature

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Provide First Aid for a Broken Bone

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Backboard a Spinal Injury Victim in the Water

Recognize the Symptoms of Stomach Ulcers

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Reduce Appendix Pain

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Survive a Gas Attack

Administer Narcan

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Prevent Fainting

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Put Someone in the Recovery Position

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Text 911 for Help (& What to Do If You Can’t)

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Go to the Hospital

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Recognize and Treat Alcohol Poisoning

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Operate an Ambulance Stretcher

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