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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Put together a basic emergency kit, with water and shelf stable foods for up to a week, flash lights, back up batteries, a first aid kit and moist towelettes.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Your mental health first aid kit has to contain at least one person.
—Lidija Globokar, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Officers performed first aid and CPR until paramedics arrived and transported Hoth to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
That study found that 43 percent of EMS activations park service-wide involved simple first aid.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Your mental health first aid kit has to contain at least one person.
—Lidija Globokar, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Officers performed first aid and CPR until paramedics arrived and transported Hoth to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
That study found that 43 percent of EMS activations park service-wide involved simple first aid.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2025
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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