Practical First Aid for Everyone
Posted on November 11, 2008
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There are loads of websites out there that provide medical advice. If you stype in something like fever, you’ll literally come up with hundred of thousands of hits. This can often be overwhelming. Some of the other sites, are written exclusively for medical personnel. They cite all kinds of statistics and clinical studies, and don’t really talk about how to treat the patient should you need to. Even worse, there are many sites that simply regurgitate what other authoritative sites have written, often misinterpreting valuable information.
Recently, my son woke up stomach ache, and I had to take him to the emergency room for what was in my view, was a serious condition. After a six hour visit, we were told it was just the stomach flu, and that it would go away soon. I started wondering if there was a resource that could help me decide in the middle of the night, if I really had to go. Here’s what I found.
I stumbled across this cool free site called FirstAidHelp.info that is written by emergency personnel in plain English. Their slogan is “practical first aid for everyone”, and they try to give you enough information to help you decide whether you need to go to the ER or not. Also they give you easy to follow, common sense steps for hands on first aid techniques. You can learn to take care of many ailments yourself, whenever possible, saving you time and money.
The authors are said to work in busy emergency departments, in real hospitals, so the information they provide is straightforward and concise. I guess they’re used to explaining difficult things, to regular people. They cover everything from kidney stones to athlete’s foot. They even have articles on splinting broken legs and basic field laceration repair, should you be far away from a real ER.
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