Ideally, everyone should some First Aid skills should the need arise to assist or
carry out any medical emergency. Taking a First Aid Course gives you the confidence to give an adequate medical care to someone in need of an emergency medical attention before a professional health care practitioner can attend to the victim. Sometimes, the victim might not even need a medical professional at all; providing a first aid service might just be what the victim needs.
If you are thinking a first aid course, but just want to take a particular aspect of the program then you are in luck because below you will find a break-down of the list of emergency medical conditions covered in First Aid Courses.
1. Common Medical Emergency Conditions:
- How to treat fever or high temperature in adults and children
- Handling cases of Concussions
- Reviving someone from fainting
- Treatment for food poisoning
- Treatment for Heart Palpitations
2. Animal Induced Medical Emergency Conditions:
- Bites sustained from animals; for example: your pet (dog or cat and so on)
- Sting sustained from Bees and Wasp
- Bites sustained from Spiders
- Getting reed of Ticks
- And even Bites sustained from Human
3. Medical Emergency Conditions as a Course of Wounds, Burns and Bleeding:
- How to treat bleeding from the Nose which is common amongst children
- How to treat any type of burn that is; first degree, second degree and third degree burns
- Applying first aid to any type of wound and cut either domestic or industrial
- Controlling pregnancy bleeding
- Controlling rectal or anal bleeding
4. Breathing and Choking related Medical Emergency Conditions:
- Steps to applying CPR on a victim of cardiac arrest, blockage of the air way or any other breathing problems
- Relieving a choking victim
- Applying first aid procedure on an Asthmatic patient undergoing an Asthmatic attack
5. Digestive Related Emergency Medical Conditions:
- Relieving a victim of abdominal pain
- Curing Hiccups; very handy for parent in the case of their babies
- Treatment for gastroenteritis
- Treatment for Diarrhea; also handy for parent with babies
- Relieving a someone who is vomiting and or has nausea problems
6. Injury Related Medical Emergency Conditions (like: Bone and Joint fracture or sprain, Muscles and Bruising):
- Treating a broken or dislocated finger
- Treating dislocation or fracture in the hip; common in adults
- Treating a broken or dislocated toe
- Treating a sprained wrist
- Treating a pulled or strain muscle
- Treating Head injuries
7. Heat and Cold Related Medical Emergency Conditions:
- Treating a victim of exhaustive heat
- Treating a victim of Hypothermia
- Treating sunburns
- Treating Heatstroke
- Treating Frostbite
8. Poison Related Medical Emergency Conditions:
- Treating alcohol poisoning
- Treating Carbon Monoxide poisoning
- Treating food poisoning and other poisoning related medical emergencies
9. Urinary and Genital Related Medical Emergency Conditions:
- Treatment for blood in Urine
- Treatment for Testicle pain
- Treatment for Vaginal pain
- Treatment for Crabs
10. Skin Related Medical Emergency Condition (like: Rashes):
- Treating Heat rash in children
- Treatment for Hives
- Treatment for skin rash in children
You can choose from any of these aspects of the First Aid Course that meets you need or even more; you never know when you need the skill.