AED Pad Placement for Infants: Step-by-Step Guide
As per the American Heart Association, pediatric attenuated pads should be used on infants and kids under the age of eight. I believe that knowing how to use an AED on an infant can...
As per the American Heart Association, pediatric attenuated pads should be used on infants and kids under the age of eight. I believe that knowing how to use an AED on an infant can...
Research tells us that 106,699 people died of drug overdose in the United States in 2021, signaling an increase since 1999 by 781%. Taking a look at that concerning statistic, I believe that knowing...
As per reports, epidural hematoma takes place in about 1% to 2% of all cases of head trauma and in about 10% of people in a traumatic coma. Despite this statistic, I believe that...
Do you know why muscle cramps occur and how to care for them? Keep reading to find out about the first aid for muscle cramps and more.
According to research, each year, about 150,000 patients in the United States go through a lower extremity amputation. An amputation refers to a surgery where all the limbs or a part of a limb...
Do you know about the proper first aid for a genital injury? Keep reading to find out how to help someone in such a situation.
Do you know how to treat a dental injury? Keep reading to find out how to take care of such injuries and what the related symptoms and causes are.
Did you know that, as per the American Academy of Ophthalmology, foreign objects in the eye account for 35% of the 2.4 million eye injuries that occur every year? When something gets stuck in...
Did you know that the teeth are the only part of the human body that can’t heal by themselves? I believe that dental health is connected to our overall health in many ways, which...
In this blog post we look at the different ways of classifying different burns in first aid. Burns can be classified by their type and depth. Classifying burns is an important skill for first aiders and first...
Were you aware of the fact that canker sores – which are a type of mouth sores – affect almost 25% of the population? As someone who has suffered from mouth sores several times,...
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diarrhea kills 2195 children every day, which is a higher number than measles, malaria, and AIDS combined. Research also suggests that diarrhea can harmfully affect...
Did you know that there are more than 3500 spiders that one can find in the United States? While most of them are not dangerous, the two dangerous species of spiders to know about...
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hypertension was a contributing or primary cause of 691,095 deaths in 2021 in the United States. Given the fact that statistically it claims so many...