FIRST AID -

• Red Cross Emergency Handbook.
• Learn CPR This web site is to be used as a free guide and an informational resource, but cannot replace real CPR or first aid training. Please try to attend a CPR training course in your community and help save lives.
• First Aid Tutorial: This tutorial has been prepared by a Certified First Aid Instructor with many years experience teaching first aid, CPR and basic life support courses. While the material presented conforms to commonly accepted standards, it is not intended to substitute for formalized classroom instruction in first aid, as offered by many community groups and organizations. Nor should this tutorial be relied upon for use at the time of an emergency. The time to learn first aid is BEFORE you need to use it!
• "FM 21-11 : 1^st Aid For Soldiers" This is an excellent Basic 1^st Aid course for non-medical designated personnel, and a perfectly good introductory course for individuals scheduled to become designated med techs. Training covers evaluating a casualty, understanding vital bodily functions, ABC (airway, breathing, circulation) maintenance, wound treatment & protection, check/control shock, special wound control (head, face, neck, chest & abdomen, burns, upper & lower extremities, fracture control, climatic injuries, bites & stings, toxins, chem-bio agents, 1^st aid for psychological injuries), 1^st aid kits, dressings & bandages, rescue & transportation procedures & methods, health maintenance & common problems in the field, Digital pressure points to control bleeding, decon procedures, and more.
• "Teaching First Aid to Kids" Good ideas for getting kids interested in and learning basic first aid techniques. Article by Jim Speirs
• The Survival Medicine FAQ v2.0: An excellent presentation with valuable info. For medical preparation in a long-term survival situation, this is a must read. Thanks go out to Capt. Dave for providing the site.
• "Building a First Aid Kit" Based on BSA faq, contains excellent ideas for personal/camp & home first aid kits.
• Active First Aid Active First Aid Online! is the Internet version of the official PARASOL EMT First Aid book.  Written by ambulance paramedics with a total of 40 years experience in pre-hospital care.  100% Australian content.  Designed for easy storage in car glove box or first aid kit.

Bites

• Spider First Aid
• Snake Bites US Food and Drug Administrations
• Bite Prevention and Tick Removal The www.lymenet.org site has expert advice about prevention of tick bites, plus management and recovery from Lyme disease. View ticks at the Iowa State site and the Lyme Disease rash.
• First Aid: Insect Sting Allergies MedicineNet describes insect sting reactions and prevention. In the dog days of summer, the bees are getting restless!
• Nits make Lice Only three of the 200 known species of sucking lice infest humans. They are the head louse, the body louse and the crab or pubic louse.

Burns

• US Fire Administrations documents. Download/read (.pdf) including: Burn & Scald Prevention, CPR & 1^st Aid, Electrical Hazards, Escape Plans & Drills, Fire & the Elderly, Fire Safety & the Disabled, and more. Good info.
• "Are You Ready For a Heat Wave?" article from LifeLink in assoc. with American Red Cross, FEMA, & Nat. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. on preparing for and handling emergencies arising due to a heat wave. Explains the terms Heat – "wave" "cramps" "exhaustion" and "stroke." Gives guidelines for emergency treatments of heat injuries and how to recognize their occurrence.
• "Burn Emergencies" Pretty good but very basic article on burn identification & treatment. Courtesy of the City of Phoenix, AZ.

Ouch

• Bumps and Bruises MedicineNet on those annoying reminders that you aren't as graceful as you wish you were. A pretty extensive article on boo-boo’s with links to more.
• Cuts, Scrapes and Puncture Wounds MedicineNet give excellent first aid advice for when you "fall down, go boom." Has a link to the Virtual Hospital’s "General Surgery: Wound Management" article.

Poisons

• Poisons & Antidotes. Read the disclaimer, then check out the table.