Somewhere along the line you probably learned the basics of first aid. If someone scrapes their knee you wash it and stick on a band aid. If the cut is deeper, you apply pressure and get some help.

At any moment, you or someone around you could experience an injury or illness. Using basic first aid, you may be able to stop a minor mishap from getting worse. In the case of a serious medical ...

First aid is vital for saving lives. A person can carry out first aid after a life-threatening incident or injury before the arrival of emergency services. This article examines how to carry out first ...

Learn skills to help a baby or child in a first aid emergency Our First Aid skills are simple, easy-to-learn, and suitable for anyone looking to learn first aid and help others in an emergency.

One spring evening in 1997, when I was a mental health researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra, I was discussing with my wife, Betty Kitchener, a registered nurse who taught first ...