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First aid: what do you see?
Eighteen cards, each named for what you can see in front of you. Each one gives the first thing to do and opens the full page, with the sources named there. Type a word to narrow the cards, or just scroll. Nothing to sign up for, and nothing you type leaves this page.
Right now
- If you think it is an emergency, call 911. You do not have to be sure first. Then come back to this page.
- A possible poisoning, and the person is awake and breathing? Poison Help, 1-800-222-1222, at any hour, at no cost.
- Thinking about ending your life, or about hurting yourself? Call or text 988, at any hour.
No card matches those words. Try one plain word, or clear the box to see every card. If it looks like an emergency, call 911 now.
The cards
Choking: can’t breathe, cough, speak or cry, or turning blue
Call 911, or have someone call, and act now. Coughing hard, or can talk? Let them cough and stay with them.
Open: When someone is chokingCollapsed and not responding
Call 911, push hard and fast on the center of the chest, and send someone for an AED.
Open: When it might be a heart attackChest pain or discomfort, a cold sweat, feeling faint, shortness of breath, or pain in the jaw, neck, back, arm or shoulder
Call 911 right away. Call even if you are not sure. Do not drive to the hospital or let someone else drive you: call for an ambulance.
Open: When it might be a heart attackSudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm or leg, trouble speaking, trouble seeing, trouble walking, or a severe headache with no known cause
Call 911 right away. Note the time the signs started. If the signs go away, it is still an emergency.
Open: When it might be a strokeSomeone is having a seizure
Stay with them. Move anything that could hurt them. If they are lying down, turn them gently on their side. Time it. Do not hold them down, and do not put anything in their mouth. Longer than 5 minutes, or their first seizure: call 911.
Open: When someone has a seizureBleeding a lot
Call 911 and put the phone on speaker. Then use your hands to press hard on the wound. Also on that page: cuts and scrapes, nosebleeds, a bite.
Open: When someone is bleedingA burn, or clothes on fire
Clothes on fire: stop, drop and roll. A smaller burn: cool running water, now. Not ice. Larger than a hand, or from chemicals or electricity: call 911.
Open: When someone is burnedSwallowed, breathed in, or got on the skin or in the eye, something that might be a poison
Call Poison Help, 1-800-222-1222. If the person collapses, has a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can’t be awakened: call 911. Do not make the person vomit.
Open: When it might be a poisoningSomeone may have overdosed: won’t wake up, breathing slowly or strangely, or not breathing
Call 911 now. Give naloxone (Narcan) if you have it. Don’t leave them alone.
Open: If someone may have overdosedAfter a food, a sting or a medicine: trouble breathing, a tight throat, a swollen tongue or lips, hives all over, feeling faint
If the person has epinephrine, use it now, and call 911. Do not wait to see. Go to the emergency room even if it gets better.
Open: When it might be a severe allergic reactionAn asthma attack: coughing, wheezing, a tight chest, shortness of breath
Use the reliever inhaler now, the way the person’s asthma action plan says. If the inhaler is not helping, or breathing is still very hard: call 911.
Open: When it’s hard to breatheLow blood sugar: shaking, sweating, a fast heartbeat, irritability or confusion, dizziness, hunger
If the person is awake and can swallow, give sugar now. If they cannot swallow, are very confused, have a seizure or have passed out: use their glucagon if they have it and you know how, and call 911.
Open: When blood sugar goes too low or too highSomeone very hot who is confused, slurring, passing out, or having a seizure
Call 911, then cool them while you wait. A child or a pet alone in a hot car: call 911.
Open: When it’s dangerously hotSomeone very cold who is confused, slurring, fumbling, very drowsy, or can’t be woken
Call 911. Try to move the person to a warmer place, and wrap them in dry blankets, towels, or coats.
Open: When it’s dangerously coldThe carbon monoxide alarm is sounding, or a headache, dizziness and an upset stomach in more than one person at home
Don’t look for the source. Get everyone outside to fresh air, then call 911 or the fire department.
Open: When it might be carbon monoxideFire, or the smoke alarm is sounding
Get out. Close doors behind you. Call 911 from outside. Don’t go back in.
Open: When there’s a fire at homeSomeone is struggling in the water, or is out of the water, not responding and not breathing normally
In the water: shout for a lifeguard and call 911. Throw them something that floats. The United States Lifesaving Association says: never enter the water without a flotation device. Out and not breathing normally: call 911 and start CPR now, with rescue breaths if you can. If you can’t give breaths, push hard and fast on the center of the chest until help arrives.
Open: When someone is in trouble in the waterA hit to the head, and then: a headache that gets worse, repeated vomiting, slurred speech, weakness or numbness, a seizure, one pupil larger than the other, not recognizing people or places, very drowsy or not waking up
Call 911 or go to an emergency department. On that page: “mild” does not mean small.
Open: After a hit to the head
When it isn’t the body
- Thinking about ending your life, or not safe right now? Get help now.
- A panic attack? When panic hits.
- Worried about what someone might do? When you’re worried about someone.
- A wound that was not an accident? When you hurt yourself to cope.
- Seeing or hearing things, or can’t tell what’s real? When you can’t tell what’s real.
- Someone at home hurt you? When home isn’t safe.
- Sexually assaulted? After sexual assault.
- Might not have signal later? Take the help with you.
- All our free tools and Get help now.
What we have no page for yet
We have no page yet for broken bones and sprains, an electric shock (beyond one line on the burns page), eye injuries, a tooth knocked out, or childbirth. We would rather say so than guess. For any of them, if it looks like an emergency, call 911.
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