Articles of category "First aid"

Accidents literally happen in seconds, but the effects can sometimes last a lifetime. If only parents never had to use their first-aid skills as a result of an accident that could have been prevented by taking a few simple precautions before going to casualty or calling an ambulance It is a good idea to keep a travel first-aid kit and a manual for parents in the car. You can buy them ready-made from pharmacies.

Two million children a year end up in casualty. What to do in an emergency burns and scalds, choking, bleeding, poisoning, drowning, head injuries? What every parent should keep in a locked medicine cupboard is First aid kit, First aid courses and manuals for parents. A survey in Mother and Baby magazine revealed that of 2,000 parents questioned, only 14 per cent knew enough first aid to save their child's life in an emergency.