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first aid (furst ād) emergency care and treatment of an injured or ill person before complete medical and surgical treatment can be secured.
first aid
n.
Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.

first-aid adj.

first aid [ferst´ ād´]
1. emergency care and treatment of an injured or ill person before complete medical and surgical treatment can be secured.
2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as providing initial care of a minor injury.

first aid,
n the immediate care that is given to an injured or ill person before treatment by medically trained personnel.

first aid
emergency care and treatment of an injured patient before complete medical and surgical treatment can be secured.


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In line with school procedures, the pupil was immediately checked by two lunch supervisors who were both first aid trained and also the school's representative first aider, who established that there was no visible injury and that the arm had full flexibility.
However, if a first aider is unavailable to write the report at a time closely following the accident, another person may do so.
Fred Owen, regional training manager for Yorkshire, said: "The worst possible scenario is that an employee is injured and a workplace has not got enough first aiders trained to deal with that situation.
 
 
 
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