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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She gave him first aid for his sprained ankle.
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This hands-on program teaches community members essential disaster preparedness skills, including fire safety, first aid, search and rescue and emergency response tactics.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Corporal Miller was honored in December along with Chesterton Police Officer Cole Foster and Porter Police Officer with Life Saving Awards for their first aid efforts in helping a man who sustained a severe laceration on his right forearm during a disturbance on Grant Avenue on June 4.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Jail staff and members of the Contra Costa Fire Protection District performed first aid and took the man to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
If all goes well, the spray could not only become a mainstay of medical kits on the battlefield and hospitals, but also eventually could become part of a common or garden first aid kit.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Corporal Miller was honored in December along with Chesterton Police Officer Cole Foster and Porter Police Officer with Life Saving Awards for their first aid efforts in helping a man who sustained a severe laceration on his right forearm during a disturbance on Grant Avenue on June 4.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Jail staff and members of the Contra Costa Fire Protection District performed first aid and took the man to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
If all goes well, the spray could not only become a mainstay of medical kits on the battlefield and hospitals, but also eventually could become part of a common or garden first aid kit.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for first aid
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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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