American Institute for Preventive MedicineFirst Aid for Poison Ivy ;Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac are the most common
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...
First Aid for Sports Injuries ;"Break a leg" means good luck only in the theater. Take
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...
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)...
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 ...
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
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...
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 ...
Chest pain can come from a lot of things. Causes of chest pain that need emergency medical care include: Heart attack, injury such as to the chest wall or lung, collapsed lung, or a blood clot that has traveled to a lung (pulmonary embolism).
