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).
Frostbite looks like a serious heat burn, but it's actually body tissue that's frozen and, in severe cases, dead. Most often, frostbite affects the
First Aid for Choking (Heimlich Maneuver) The Heimlich maneuver can be used to clear an object blocking the airway in conscious adults and children ages 1 to 8. It lifts the diaphragm and forces air from the lungs to push the object that blocks the...
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