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First Aid is essential knowledge for many professions and important in everyday life. Much is based on common sense and having access to appropriate resources and techniques.
Access Australian First Aid information as well as relevant international resources. A number of specific topics such as handling poisons, Asthma and bites and stings are covered.
Information links are provided to both courses and kits, though only through major providers.
General health conditions and resources can be found on the Medical pages. Use this link to see which page you need.
Australian Information
- Australian Health and Safety Training
‘Provides all aspects of First Aid Training for industry, professional groups, individuals,’ primarily in New South Wales and Queensland. - Australian Red Cross
A First Aid trainer. Check for contact details linked to courses. You should also consider their First Aid Tip Flow Charts which cover specific topics from Asthma to Tooth Injury. - Crash Course
A basic course to help after crashes and accidents. Can be done online through an interactive process. Online shop allows you to refill your first aid kit over the net. - Dr’s Reference : First Aid
Advice, access to training [Fee-based], first aid kits [purchase], ambulance service information, more. -
Health and First-Aid [Survival Supplies Australia]
This section of the site opens to the listed section and covers a wide range of First Aid kits and materials. There are a range of survival supplies on other pages accessed through the Products link on the top menu. - Family First Aid
‘Family First Aid is a small Perth based business that offers in home [or office] training for families or small groups. The first-aid training course can be tailored to suit the client’s requirements and is often focused on child safety’. - First Aid for Asthma
Online information, downloadable charts, links to other material related to asthma. - First Aid International
First Aid Courses and Training. Northern New South Wales, southern Queensland. Access First Aid supplies through the site.
First Aid Kits
- First Aid Kits
‘Your first aid kit should be organised, properly stocked and available at all times. It’s a good idea to have a first aid kit in various locations such as at home, in the car and at work. A basic first aid kit should contain …’. Better Health, Victoria. - First Aid Resource Centre
Find kits, first aid materials, signs, posters, CPR/Resuscitation Kits, more. Fee-based.
- First Aid Online
‘Internet version of the official PARASOL EMT First Aid book’. Written by Australian Paramedics and totally Australian. Introduction, essentials, trauma, emergencies, advanced First Aid, general information. - First Aid Quick Reference
‘The following fact sheets are a guide to basic first aid procedures. They do not replace first aid training’. PDF format. St Johns Ambulance Group. - Losing a
Finger
‘This fact sheet provides first aid tips for accidents involving an amputated finger as well as general information about injury prevention’.
Poisons
- Safeguarding Against Poisons
Related to children and poisons. Advice, contact details. Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW. - Victorian Poisons Information Centre
Austin Hospital, Melbourne.
Snake & Other Venomous Bites
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Australian Marine Envenomation
Includes Jellyish : The Box Jellyfish, Irukandji; Bluebottles; The Blue-Ringed Octopus; Sea Snakes; Fish stings and Stingray Barbs. The ARC guidelines are also very useful for Jellyfish stings. -
Australian Snake Bites
Snake information. First aid - signs, symptoms, medical management, antiVenoms, First Aid. University of Sydney, Royal Porince Alfred Hospital. A More technical presentation can be found here. Australian Venom Research Unit. -
Australian Spider and Insect Bites
Similar structure to the above. - Bites & Stings
Health Insite. Links to Allergic Reactions to Bites and Stings, Mosquito bites, Snake bites, Spider bites. Resources listed. Also covering this is St Johns Ambulance - Bites & Stings which provides information in point form. - Clinical Toxicology Homepage
Advice on bites from venomous animals. - Pressure Immobilisation
Technique
‘Pressure-immobilisation was initially developed to treat snakebite, but it is also applicable to bites and stings by some other venomous creatures’. Find details on its correct use. - Snake Bite
Information on current, recommended treatments. Australian Venom Research Unit. - Snake Bites
Parenting and Child Health, SA. Step by step information.
- St Johns Ambulance
Big trainers for First Aid. Link to local courses. Online store also sells kits. -
Westmead Children’s Hospital
Fact sheets discuss common sense prevention methods to avoid danger.
Other Information
- BBC Health First Aid Action
Work with interactive activities to assess skill levels, use the listing of essential and home skills. - Dealing With Emergencies
‘Review this topic before you need it. Your confidence in dealing with both major and minor emergencies will be reassuring to an injured person’. - First Aid Index
Part of Medicine.net. General information. - Learn CPR
University of Washington Medical School. Illustrated guides on CPR for different age levels, video demonstrations, First Aid for Choking for different age levels and Games, Links & FAQs.
Highly Recommended ! - MayoClinic.com - First-Aid Guide
Assistance via topics e.g. Black Eye, Dislocations, Burns, etc.. -
Snakebite Emergency
What to do if it happens. Also includes what not to do.