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It’s just like the old paper cut saying: The smaller the cut, the worse it hurts. With shaving, the smaller the nick, the worse it bleeds. Unless you gash yourself wide open with a brand new razor,then…
Anyway, it happens to all of us. We shave, we nick. But here’s a quick tip on how to […]
Dang! Another instance where conventional wisdom and years-old treatments have failed us yet again.
Bloody noses - a staple in the lives of kids, sports-playing teens and allergy-ridden adults - are not to be treated by tipping the head back as once was thought. Instead, you are to lower and tip your head forward, catching […]
They say ‘laughter is the best medicine’ so next time you need to fill up on bandaids and aspirin, skip the traditional products and head over to Help Remedies. They’ve put out some products that will not only cover the cut and fix the headache but will also amuse you….
Got a Headache….Have an Aspirin.
Cut […]
No one ever wants to be placed in a position where they have to perform CPR on someone. But we all learn just in case. We sweat through the first aid class and try desperately to remember the steps. We worry about how many times we have to breathe into the person, where to push […]
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So you’re cooking, right? You grab the lid off the pot so fast that it flings itself mercilessly against the inside of your wrist, sending you careening over to the kitchen sink as your dinner burns on the stove. What do you do next?
A) Run the wound under cool water.
B) Call the pizza joint […]
I saw the heading ‘Heart Attack in Casino Safer Than One in Hospital ‘ and thought that makes no sense. Hospitals have standard protocol for treating heart attacks and cardiac arrests. Protocol that medical staff are well trained in. Mock arrests and frequent education ensure that they are kept up-to-date with emergency resuscitation procedures. But […]
This isn’t the most cheerful subject to write about over the holiday season, but I read about this over at Kevin, M.D. and just had to find out more.
Here’s the scenario…
A person collapsed with a cardiac arrest over five minutes ago. Everything is intact but his heart has stopped beating and his brain has shut […]
I’m not a clumsy sort of sapiens, but nevertheless I seem to acquire a lot of bruises. So, I gave up the bar fights, hoping that would help, but I still manage to have at least one bruise happening on any given limb. I’ve learned two tricks, and I’m passing them along to you. Son […]
Not inspiring much confidence there, gentlemen.
Quickie CPR Course Just as Good as the Longer Version
CPR is a vital first aid technique that everyone should know. But few people sign up for CPR classes because they take 3 to 4 hours to complete. No longer: experts have developed a new, 30-minute version that is just as […]
Despite what pop culture, and millions of first aid kits sold worldwide (to the chagrin of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) would have you believe, this is not an “accepted” symbol designating First Aid. It’s actually logo of the parenthetically aforementioned international do-good-ers.
Keep in mind, those are some heavy quotation marks […]
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