Basic First Aid
FreeWound care, fractures, burns, choking, shock, CPR, and cold/heat injury — from the U.S. Army's first aid manuals, the U.S. Fire Administration, and Ready.gov's home emergency-kit guidance.
Sources
- Army First Aid Manual (FM 4-25.11) — 30 documents
- Army First Aid Manual (TC 4-02.1) — CPR & rescue breathing, 4 documents
- Ready.gov — emergency kit, water, food, power outages, 4 documents
- U.S. Fire Administration — burn prevention and first aid, 1 document
▸ Browse all 39 documents
- Stopping the Bleeding: Wound Exposure, Field Dressing, and Manual Pressure
- Applying a Tourniquet
- Pressure Dressings and Digital (Pressure Point) Bleeding Control
- Shock: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, and First Aid Measures
- Opening the Airway of an Unconscious or Not-Breathing Casualty
- Rescue Breathing (Artificial Respiration): Mouth-to-Mouth and Mouth-to-Nose
- Choking: Clearing an Obstructed Airway in a Conscious Adult
- Choking: Clearing an Obstructed Airway in an Unresponsive Casualty
- Evaluating a Casualty: The Full Lifesaving Assessment Sequence
- Understanding Vital Body Functions and Checking a Pulse
- Principles of Rescue and Safely Moving a Casualty
- Dressings and Bandages: What They Are and How to Improvise Them
- Abdominal Wounds
- Burns: Types and First Aid, Including What NOT to Do
- Chest Wounds and the Occlusive (Sucking Chest Wound) Dressing
- Eye, Ear, Nose, and Jaw Injuries
- Head Injury: General First Aid Measures, Unconscious Casualty, Concussion, and Convulsions
- Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries: Recognizing the Signs
- Fractures: Signs, Symptoms, and General Splinting Procedure
- Neck Fractures: Immobilization and Preparing for Transport
- Spinal Column Fractures: Immobilization and When (Not) to Move a Casualty
- Human, Animal, and Marine Animal Bites and Stings
- Insect and Spider Bites and Stings, Including Anaphylactic Shock
- Identifying Poisonous vs. Nonpoisonous Snakes
- Snakebite First Aid, Including What NOT to Do
- Cold Injuries: Risk Factors, General Signs, and General First Aid Principles
- Frostbite: Signs, Symptoms, and First Aid
- Hypothermia (General Cooling): Signs and First Aid
- Other Cold Injuries: Chilblain, Immersion Foot/Trench Foot, Snow Blindness, and Cold-Weather Dehydration
- Heat Injuries: Heat Cramps vs. Heat Exhaustion vs. Heatstroke
- Adult CPR: Starting Chest Compressions and the 30:2 Compression-Breathing Cycle
- Child and Infant CPR: Rescue-Breathing Rates and What This Guidance Does Not Cover
- Rescue Breathing During CPR: Mouth-to-Mouth, Mouth-to-Nose, and Pulse Checks
- When to Start and Stop CPR
- Building a Basic Emergency Supply Kit and Making a Family Emergency Plan
- Emergency Water: How Much to Store, How to Store It, and How to Treat It
- Emergency Food Supply: What to Store, Safety, and Cooking Without Power
- Power Outage Safety: Food Safety, Generator Safety, and Carbon Monoxide
- Basic Burn First Aid and When to Call 911