Recommended Web Sites

Burns: Taking Care of Burns - The American Academy of Family Physicians provides these tips for treating burn victims.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): First Aid - The Mayo Clinic offers these simple instructions that might save a life.

Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds - Learn how to care for these minor problems, from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

First Aid - FamilyDoctor.org offers these tips.

Hands-Only CPR- The American Heart Association offers this information and short video.

Nosebleeds: What To Do When Your Nose Bleeds - Great advice from FamilyDoctor.org

Anaphylaxis - The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology describes this life-threatening problem, and how to treat it.

Automatic External Defibrillators- Learn more about these devices, from the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Basic First Aid - The National Agricultural Safety Database offers this refresher course on first aid tips, especially useful in the factory or farm setting. It is also available in Spanish.

Dental Injuries:First Aid - This information on such topics as tooth fractures and knocked out teeth comes from MedicineNet.

Disaster Supply Kit - Your family will cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. Instructions for preparing a Disaster Supplies Kit and an Emergency Car Kit are provided by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Dog Owner's Guide:First Aid Kit - Dog owners can treat minor injuries for their pets if they have the appropriate remedies, tools, and equipment available. The items listed here were included in a first aid kit that the Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association gave to police dog handlers at a recent workshop.

Fast Aid First - How do you know when to seek treatment for a serious cut or when to treat it at home? Click through the links at this site to learn how to put FAST AID FIRST and understand the proper approach to treating serious wounds.

First Aid for Choking - The University of Oklahoma Police Department furnishes these instructions on how to assist a person who is choking.

First Aid Kit - KidsHealth tells you how to outfit a good home first aid kit.

First Aid Kits - The Mayo Clinic offers this list of the most needed supplies.

First Aid & Safety for Parents - KidsHealth, from the Nemours Foundation, provides excellent first aid information for parents. The information is divided by categories such as: home safety, away from home, car and bus and similar topics.

First Aid for Mountainbikers - This neat site gives advice on how to treat several dozen injuries you can sustain while mountain biking.

Home First Aid Kits - The American College of Emergency Physicians offers this advice.

Knocked-Out Tooth - KidsHealth tells how to preserve a tooth that gets knocked out so the dentist may be able to reimplant it.

Learn CPR - You Can Do It! - The University of Washington, School of Medicine offers these quick tip sheets.

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MedlinePlus: Injuries and Wounds Topics - The National Library of Medicine provides these links to quality resources on the web.

Pet First Aid - Excellent advice from the American Animal Hospital Association on how to care for your pets when they have an emergency.

ReadyAmerica - Great information from the Department of Homeland Security, on how to outfit a kit of emergency supplies, make contact plans for after a disaster, and protect your family and pets.

Seizures - KidsHealth tells parents what to do in case their child has a seizure.

Shock First Aid - The Mayo Clinic presents these tips.

What To Do In an Emergency- These tips come from the American College of Emergency Physicians. See also the frame on the right for more information, including insurance coverage for emergencies.

When It's Just You in an Emergency (for kids) and Dealing with an Emergency (for teens) - This info comes from KidsHealth.

When Should I Go to the Emergency Department?- More great information from the American College of Emergency Physicians.