American Institute for Preventive MedicineStrokes ;Strokes, also called cerebrovascular accidents, are the
First Aid for Sports Injuries ;"Break a leg" means good luck only in the theater. Take
The most common animal bites in the United States are from dogs, cats and other humans in that order. Less common, but often more dangerous, are bites from skunks, raccoons, bats and other animals that live in the wild. The health risks of an animal...
Common causes for sprains and strains are falls, twisting a limb, sports injuries and over-exertion. A sprain results from overstretching or tearing a ligament (fibrous tissue that connects bones), a tendon (tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone)...
Some 44 million Americans suffer from allergies and asthma and have trouble breathing during an attack. What's more, there are millions of people who have breathing difficulties because of grey, gritty smog and air polluted by poorly tuned engines...
an unconscious person is hard to rouse or can't be made aware of his or her surroundings Unconsciousness is caused by illness, injury or emotional shock
There are different kinds of broken bones. Simple or closed fractures:
The broken bone is not visible through the skin nor is there a skin wound near the fracture site. An example of this is a ...
CPR Techniques
Early CPR is an important link in the chain of survival for a victim of sudden ca
Drowning is the fourth leading cause of accidental death. Each year, over 4,000 people drown and about one-third of them are children under 14 years of age. It takes very little water for a child to ...
Burns can result from dry heat (fire), moist heat (steam, hot liquids), electricity, chemicals, and radiation (i.e., sunlight). Treatment for burns depends on the depth of the burn (whether it is first, second, or third degree, how much area of the...
