Accidents and sudden attacks of ailments happen anytime, anywhere.

And when they do, a well-trained first aider is invaluable.

First Aid is the emergency treatment given to an injured or sick person while waiting for a doctor. This is done by a person with adequate training on the initial treatment of emergency cases.

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by nonexpert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical

AIMS OF FIRST AID:

1. To keep the patient alive 2. To protect the patient from further damage; 3. To ease pain and reassure the patient that he is being taken care of.

THE HOME FIRST AID KIT

A First Aid kit should be handy, the contents replenished regularly and each of the contents labeled clearly. The following items are required in an emergency:

An adhesive dressing is a wound dressing which is coated in adhesive. The adhesive allows the dressing to stick directly to the area where it is applied, eliminating the need to use bandaging tape or similar materials to attach the dressing.

Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction. Some antiseptics are true germicides, capable of destroying microbes (bacteriocidal), while others are bacteriostatic and only prevent or inhibit their growth.

It is the main ingredient in calamine lotion and is used as an antipruritic (anti-itching agent, attributed to the presence of phenol in the formulation) to treat mild pruritic conditions such as sunburn, eczema, rashes, poi son ivy, poison oak, chickenpox, and insect bites and stings.

Tourniquet - a device for compression of an artery or vein; uses include stopping of the excessive bleeding of a HEMORRHAGE, maintenance of a nearly bloodless operative FIELD, prevention of spread of snake venom after a SNAKEBITE, and aiding in obtaining blood