First Aid A-Z (Signs, Symptoms & Treatments)

This is First Response's comprehensive list of common medical symptoms and first aid treatments. Our aim is to provide you with a useful A-Z that you can share with your friends, colleagues and associates. Please come back regularly as we build up the alphabet. If there is a particular symptom or treatment you would like us to cover, please get in touch.

  

A: Amputation, Anaphylaxis, Angina, Asthma 

B: Bleeding, Body Temperature, Burns & Scalds

C: Chain of Survival, Chest Injuries, Choking, CPR & Resuscitation, Crush Injury

D: Defibrillation, Diabetes, Dialling 999, Drowning

E: Epilepsy, Eye Injuries

F: Fainting or Syncope, First Aid Kits, First Aid (Health & Safety) Regulations, Febrile Convulsion, Fractures

H: Head Injury, Heart Attack, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, Hyperventilation, Hypothermia, Hypoxia

L: Levels of Response

M: Meningitis

N: Nose Bleeds

P: Poisoning, Primary & Secondary Survey

R: Recovery Position, Resuscitation & CPR

S: Shock, Spinal Injuries, Strains & Sprains, Stroke, Syncope (see Fainting)

U: Unconsciousness

 

This information has been provided by a team of medical professionals within the NHS including doctors, paramedic tutors, paramedics and nurses. By familiarising yourself with this information you could have the opportunity to deliver effective emergency treatment, which will dramatically effect the outcome for the patient.

 

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