First Aid: Selected Resources

KidsHealth For Kids: Watch Out
This resource, available in both English and Spanish, is just one part of a comprehensive web site that provides information about all aspects of physical and emotional health and safety for kids, teens and parents. Watch Out helps students learn how to be safe around the house, outdoors, and on the road. Learning About Emergencies & First Aid features a great deal of information about CPR: A Real Lifesaver, Checking Out Cuts, Scratches, and Abrasions, Choking, Gun Safety, How to Use 911, What to Do in a Fire, what to do When It's Just You in an Emergency, and more. (Also, check out the TeensHealth and Parents pages.)

HealthWorld Online: Emergency & First Aid
Visit this site for information about first aid for: animal bites, chest pain, choking, cuts, scrapes & punctures, insect stings, nosebleeds, sports injuries, sprains & strains, and much more.

MedlinePlus: First Aid
This outstanding information resource, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, and available in both English and Spanish, offers information and full-text guides about a variety of topics related to first aid, including
animal bites, burns, choking, CPR, insect bites and stings, a comprehensive list of injuries and wounds, and safety (see the terrific list of safety topics from which students may choose).

MayoClinic.com: First-Aid Guide
This resources offers information about a lengthy list of medical emergencies, including animal bites, burns, CPR, choking, fainting, fractures, insect bites, sprains, sunburns, and much more.

Learn CPR: You Can Do It!
This site, created and maintained as a service of the University of Washington School of Medicine, and available in both English and Spanish, includes information and videos about CPR for adults, children and infants, CPR FAQs, Facts, and more.