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    Basic First Aid
    Also available in: Spanish
    This fact sheet describes first aid procedures including bleeding control and attending to victims of shock. Instructions for the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims, burn care, and the appropriate... Details >
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Emergency Treatment for Burns
    Provides "quick action" tips to help minimize more severe damage and scaring from thermal, chemical and electrical burns.... Details >
    Shriners Hospitals for Children
    Everyday Illnesses and Injuries
    Information for kids about some common illnesses and injuries. From a variety of aches, pains and injuries to what you may have when you just "feel sick". Tells also about applying first aid for som... Details >
    Nemours Foundation
    First Aid for Electrical Accidents
    This online fact sheet provides step-by-step instructions for the first aid treatment of victims of electrical shock and electrical burn accidents.... Details >
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    First Aid Kits for the Farm and Home
    Tips for assembling useful first kits for the farm -- tractors and other farm machinery and the home and for each family car.... Details >
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    First Aid Public Training Agencies
    A directory of public training agencies in the U.S. where employees and the general public can take the National Safety Council's First Aid Institute courses. Agencies are coded according to programs ... Details >
    National Safety Council
    Heimlich Maneuver
    This online fact sheet describes the Heimlich maneuver and its use for helping a person who is choking on a foreign object. This fact sheet also responds to recent criticisms of the American Red Cros... Details >
    American Heart Association
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    American Medical Association
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    Database Updated: Friday, November 19, 2004