first aid
noun
: emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained
Examples of first aid in a Sentence
She gave him first aid for his sprained ankle.
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Thousands of kids and teens will spend summer days learning about CPR and first aid, how to recognize if someone is in danger and how to understand ocean dynamics such as rip currents and waves.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
The program is also training staff in mental-health first aid and simple techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy to make that type of basic help immediately available.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
Safety covers quite a bit of territory, from evacuating an aircraft in 90 seconds or less (an FAA rule, no matter the size of the aircraft) on land and in water to administering basic first aid.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
Recommended Trust In this Spanish town, capitalism actually works for the workers
Troops finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, and the U.S. military’s Central Command said the first aid crossed into Gaza at 9 a.m. Friday.
—Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
The program is also training staff in mental-health first aid and simple techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy to make that type of basic help immediately available.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
Safety covers quite a bit of territory, from evacuating an aircraft in 90 seconds or less (an FAA rule, no matter the size of the aircraft) on land and in water to administering basic first aid.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
Recommended Trust In this Spanish town, capitalism actually works for the workers
Troops finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, and the U.S. military’s Central Command said the first aid crossed into Gaza at 9 a.m. Friday.
—Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
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first aid
noun
: emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained
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