Eye emergencies include cuts, scratches, objects in the eye, burns, chemical exposure, and blunt injuries to the eye or eyelid. Certain eye infections and ...
Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist
Electrical shock An electrical injury is damage to the skin or internal organs when a person comes into direct contact with an electrical current. ...
Ear emergencies include objects in the ear canal and ruptured eardrums. Considerations Children often put objects into their ears. These objects can be hard ...
Overdose from drugs; Drug abuse first aid Drug use is the misuse or overuse of any medicine or drug, including alcohol. This article discusses first aid for ...
Overdose from drugs; Drug abuse first aid Drug use is the misuse or overuse of any medicine or drug, including alcohol. This article discusses first aid for ...
Drowning - near "Near drowning" means a person almost died from not being able to breathe (suffocating) underwater. If a person has been rescued from a ...
Dislocation - kneecap; Patellar dislocation or instability Kneecap dislocation occurs when the triangle-shaped bone covering the knee (patella) moves or ...
Joint dislocation A dislocation is a separation of 2 bones where they meet at a joint. Joints are areas where 2 bones come together. A dislocated joint ...
Dislocated jaw; Fractured jaw; Broken jaw; TMJ dislocation A broken jaw is a break (fracture) in the jaw bone. A dislocated jaw means the lower part of the ...
Difficulty breathing - first aid; Dyspnea - first aid; Shortness of breath - first aid Most people take breathing for granted. People with certain illnesses ...
Basilar skull fracture; Depressed skull fracture; Linear skull fracture A skull fracture is a fracture or breaks in the cranial (skull) bones. ...
Wound - cut or puncture; Open wound; Laceration; Puncture wound A cut is a break or opening in the skin. It is also called a laceration. A cut may be deep, ...
Finger(s) - smashed; Crushed digits Smashed fingers is an injury involving trauma to one or more fingers. Considerations If an injury to a finger occurs ...
A crush injury occurs when force or pressure is put on a body part. This type of injury most often happens when part of the body is squeezed between 2 heavy ...
Contusion; Hematoma A bruise is an area of skin discoloration. A bruise occurs when small blood vessels break and leak their contents into the soft tissue ...
Loss of consciousness - first aid; Coma - first aid; Mental status change; Altered mental status Unconsciousness is when a person is unable to respond to ...
Cold exposure - arms or legs Frostbite is damage to the skin and underlying tissues caused by extreme cold. Frostbite is the most common freezing injury. ...
Hypothermia means your core body temperature falls below 35 °C (95 °F). It happens when your body loses more heat than it produces. This can occur outdoors in ...
Coccyx injury Tailbone trauma is an injury to the small bone at the lower tip of the spine. Considerations Actual fractures of the tailbone (coccyx) are ...
Choking - unconscious adult or child over 1 year; First aid - choking - unconscious adult or child over 1 year; CPR - choking - unconscious adult or child over ...
