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Definition: First Aid |
First AidNoun1. Emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
General | Emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before a doctor arrives. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc. , before regular medical services can be obtained. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Emergency, crude repair of a bit made by a drill runner at the drill site. (references) |
Public Administration | Refers to fire fighting equipment, such as hose reel, hand pump, chemical extinguishers, buckets of water or sand, etc. , used in the first stages of a fire, or to a small tank apparatus used for small fires. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Immediate and temporary care given on site to the victims of an accident or sudden illness in order to avert complications, lessen suffering and sustain the person until competent services or a physician can be obtained; -DDMG. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article is about the concept of first aid. A First Aid textbook on the practice of first aid is under development at Wikipedia textbooks.
First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical procedures that a layman can be trained to perform in medical emergency situations, before the intervention of emergency medical technicians or doctors. It is best to obtain training in first aid before a medical emergency occurs. Supplies useful in giving first aid are often kept together in a first aid kit.
Training in first aid is often available through community organizations such as the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association. First aid instruction is a part of military basic training and the Scouting movement. In many British Commonwealth countries the Order of St. John provides first aid training and operates Ambulance services.
Conditions that often necessitate first aid
- hypothermia
- heat stroke
- hypoglycemia
- hyperglycemia
- diabetic coma
- strain
- sprain
- fracture
- laceration
- gastro-intestinal bleeding
- childbirth
Techniques and providers of first aid
- emergency medical service
- Good Samaritan law
- wilderness first aid
- triage
- occlusive dressing
- tourniquet
- sub-abdominal thrust
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- avulsion
The rock and roll band Live used the name First Aid for a time before achieving much success in the music world.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "First aid."
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Movie/TV Titles | Psychological First Aid (1945) First Aid (1943) | |
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 | Caption: First Aid, Dispensary; West Orange, NJ; March 2, 1917; {10.389/83} (jpg). |  | Base Hospital No. 1. Vichy, France : American Red Cross sending hot chocolate to the first aid station at the front. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | First Aid station located in the basement of a shattered house ... / U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Medical personnel providing first aid on leg of injured man lying on pavement in China, after Japanese bombing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | In Belgium after the battle of Flanders. Stretcher-bearers removing the wounded to stations of first aid. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | First aid. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. First aid. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hospital and first aid station. Berwyn, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Betsy Head Play Center. Nurse in first aid room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the Red Cross way--of cheating death from accidents. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | For example, cars equipped with fire extinguishers and first aid kits are not required in Italy. (references) | |
In Russia, as in other countries throughout the world, the home has always been the primary environment for taking care of the sick. The average income of the population is still very low (USD 67 per month in 1999), the majority of households can only afford basic first aid medicines and medical devices used for home health care. Advanced sophisticated medical devices are affordable for a limited group of population. (references) | ||
Economic History | Switzerland | There is also an attractive market for first aid training aids. (references) |
Switzerland | Product groups with good prospects include educational services (including studies in the U.S. per se) for language and any type of corporate trainings, e-learning and distance learning, PC based educational courses, software (e.g. software permitting several monitors to attach to the same server), computers and peripheral equipment, laboratory instruments and systems for physics, chemistry, biology and medicine, AV equipment, simulators, first aid training devices, physical fitness equipment, games, toys and books. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | Denial of first aid and other medical care sometimes is used as a form of punishment. (references) |
Worker Rights | Oman | All employers are required by law to provide first aid facilities. (references) |
Jordan | The law specifies a number of health and safety requirements for workers, including the presence of bathrooms, drinking water, and first aid equipment at work sites. (references) | |
Gambia | After family members were denied compensation by the company, the Government intervened and ordered the company to provide proper compensation to the victims and their family members, an on-site first aid unit with trained personnel, and new protective gear for employees. (references) | |
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Expressions using "first aid": first aid kit ♦ first aid man ♦ first aid post ♦ first aid station ♦ first aid worker ♦ render first aid. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
first aid | 1,580 | first aid product | 28 |
first aid kit | 947 | bee sting first aid | 27 |
first aid supply | 237 | first aid kit for car | 27 |
first aid burn | 159 | first aid for child | 26 |
first aid training | 119 | red cross first aid | 26 |
dog first aid | 110 | sunburn first aid | 25 |
cpr and first aid | 98 | cpr first aid class | 24 |
camping first aid kit | 76 | snake bite first aid | 23 |
basic first aid | 61 | first aid clip art | 22 |
first aid course | 59 | first aid information | 21 |
wilderness first aid | 53 | first aid procedure | 21 |
first aid box | 53 | dog first aid kit | 20 |
pet first aid | 47 | disk first aid | 20 |
outdoor first aid | 40 | cat first aid | 19 |
first aid kit supply | 37 | choking first aid | 19 |
first aid class | 35 | first aid tip | 18 |
emergency first aid | 32 | first aid kit contents | 18 |
first aid picture | 30 | first aid at work | 18 |
first aid cpr training | 29 | first aid for horse | 18 |
first aid for kid | 29 | home first aid kit | 18 |
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| Language | Translations for "first aid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | noodhulp. (various references) | |
Albanian | ndihmë e shpejtë. (various references) | |
Arabic | اللإسعافات الأولية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бърза помощ, първа помощ. (various references) | |
Czech | první pomoc (first aid post). (various references) | |
Danish | førstehjælp (first-aid). (various references) | |
Dutch | eerste hulp (first-aid). (various references) | |
Esperanto | unua helpo, sukurismo. (various references) | |
Finnish | ensiapu. (various references) | |
French | premiers soins, premiers secours (first-aid). (various references) | |
German | Erste Hilfe. (various references) | |
Greek | πρώτες βοήθειες. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עזר" ראשו ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | elsõsegély. (various references) | |
Indonesian | membalut (swaddle). (various references) | |
Italian | pronto soccorso (aid in emergencies, first-aid). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 救急法 , 救急 , 応急手" . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おうきゅうてあて, きゅうきゅうほう, きゅうきゅう (absorption, diligence). (various references) | |
Manx | kied chouyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | irstfay aiday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pronto-socorro (ambulance station, first aid post, first aid station), primeiros socorros, primeiro socorro. (various references) | |
Romanian | prim-ajutor. (various references) | |
Russian | первая помощь. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prva pomoć. (various references) | |
Spanish | primeros socorros, primeros auxilios (aid in emergencies, first-aid). (various references) | |
Swedish | första hjälpen, första hjälp. (various references) | |
Turkish | ilkyardım, ilk yardım. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-i-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: diarist. | |
-2 letters: adrift, afrits, drafts, drifts, triads, trifid. | |
-3 letters: adits, afrit, airts, astir, darts, dirts, ditas, draft, drats, drift, fairs, fards, fiars, fiats, first, frats, frits, irids, radii, rafts, raids, rifts, sitar, staid, stair, stria, tarsi, triad, tsadi. | |
-4 letters: adit, aids, airs, airt, aits, arfs, arid, arts, daft, dais, dart, dirt, dita, dits, drat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-i-i-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: stratified. | |
+3 letters: fratricides. | |
+4 letters: defibrinates, diffractions, unstratified. | |
+5 letters: defibrillates, differentials, fluoridations, presanctified. | |
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