Alphabetical list of terms
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First aid
- Scope Note
- Immediate and temporary care given on site to the victims of an accident or sudden illness in order to avert complications, lessen suffering and sustain the person until competent services or a physician can be obtained.
- Broader Term
- Emergency medicine
- Narrower Term
- Casualty clearing stations
- First aid post
- Related Term
- Accidents - Wounds and injuries
- Advanced life support
- Basic life support
- Injuries
- Triage - medicine
- Wounds and injuries