First Aid & Safety: Overview

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  • Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac - Topic Overview

    09/25/07, Healthwise

    Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are plants that can cause a skin rash called allergic contact dermatitis when they touch your skin. The red, uncomfortable, and itchy rash often shows up in lines or streaks and is marked b

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  • Winter Safety

    02/06/05, Children's Hospital Boston

    Whether sledding, skating, building snowmen or making snow angels, children love to play outdoors in the winter weather. With these basic winter safety tips, your child can enjoy a safe and fun winter.

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  • Healthwise Self-Care Checklist

    06/20/07, Healthwise

    Are you getting better or worse?

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  • Poisoning

    10/05/07, Healthwise

    A poison is a substance that has toxic effects and may injure you or make you sick if you are exposed to it. Poisons can be found everywhere, from simple household cleaners to cosmetics to houseplants to industrial chemicals. Even medi

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  • Your Home Health Center

    05/19/06, Healthwise

    More of your health care takes place in your home than anywhere else. Having the right tools, medicines, supplies, and information on hand will improve the quality of your self-care.

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  • Severe bleeding: First aid

    01/12/08, MayoClinic.com

    How to administer first aid for severe bleeding.

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  • Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure

    07/05/07, Healthwise

    Hypothermia occurs when the body gets cold and loses heat faster than the body can make it. A normal rectal body temperature ranges from to and for most people is .

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  • Cold Temperature Exposure

    07/05/07, Healthwise

    It's easy to get cold quickly if you are outside in wet, windy, or cold weather. Cold temperature exposure can also happen if you spend time in a dwelling or other building that is not well-heated during cold weather.

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  • Dealing With Emergencies

    05/19/06, Healthwise

    Review this topic before you need it. Then, when you are faced with an emergency or injury, you will know where to turn. Your confidence in dealing with both major and minor emergencies will be reassuring to an injured person.

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  • Heat-Related Illnesses

    12/12/06, Healthwise

    A healthy body temperature is maintained by the nervous system. As the body temperature increases, the body tries to maintain its normal temperature by transferring heat. Sweating and blood flow to the skin (thermoregulation

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