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  1. First Aid (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... apply pressure. It is important to have a first aid kit available. Keep one at home and one in your car. It should include a first-aid guide. Read the guide to learn how to ...
  2. Wounds and Injuries (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... clean them. Serious and infected wounds may require first aid followed by a visit to your doctor. You ...
  3. Eye Injuries (National Library of Medicine)  
    The structure of your face helps protect your eyes from injury. Still, injuries can damage your eye, sometimes severely enough that you could lose your vision. ...
  4. Electrical Injuries (National Library of Medicine)  
    When you come in direct contact with electricity, it can pass through your body and cause injuries. These electrical injuries can be external or internal. ...
  5. Choking (National Library of Medicine)  
    Food or small objects can cause choking if they get caught in your throat and block your airway. This keeps oxygen from getting to your lungs and brain. If ...
  6. Burns (National Library of Medicine)  
    A burn is damage to your body's tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight, or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires ...
  7. CPR (National Library of Medicine)  
    When someone's blood flow or breathing stops, seconds count. Permanent brain damage or death can happen quickly. If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary ...
  8. Animal Bites (National Library of Medicine)  
    Wild animals usually avoid people. They might attack, however, if they feel threatened, are sick, or are protecting their young or territory. Attacks by pets ...
  9. Head Injuries (National Library of Medicine)  
    Chances are you've bumped your head before. Often, the injury is minor because your skull is hard and it protects your brain. But other head injuries can be ...
  10. Foreign Bodies (National Library of Medicine)  
    If you've ever gotten a splinter or had sand in your eye, you've had experience with a foreign body. A foreign body is something that is stuck inside you ...
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