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Food Poisoning
Food poisoning (foodborne illness) is caused by bacteria or viruses found in food. Food poisoning symptoms often look like stomach flu (gastroenteritis). Many people with a mild case think they have stomach flu or a virus.
Vital Signs (Body Temperature, Pulse Rate, Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure)
Vital signs are useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems. Vital signs can be measured in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere.
Rabies
Detailed information on animal bites and rabies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Spider Bites
Detailed information on spider bites, including symptoms and treatment.
Venomous Snakebites
Treat all snakebites as though they were venomous. Get to a hospital emergency room as soon as you can.
Poisoning in Children
Detailed information on poisoning, preventing poisoning and how to respond in an emergency.
Insect Stings
Detailed information on bee stings and other insect stings, including symptoms and treatment
Frostbite
Detailed information on frostbite, including symptoms and what to do if frostbite happens.
Hypothermia
Hypothermia occurs when body temperature drops below 95°F (35°C). It is a medical emergency. Learn more about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
Flea, Mite, or Chigger Bites
Detailed information on flea, mite, and chiggers bites
Emergency Information Form
In an emergency, it's easy to forget even the most well-known information. That's why it is vital for you to complete the information in this form for each person in your household.
Preventing Unintentional Injuries Overview
Detailed information on how to keep you and your family safe.
Food-Medicine Interactions
A food-medicine interaction can happen when the food you eat affects the ingredients in a medicine you are taking. This prevents the medicine from working the way it should.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a life-threatening emergency. It occurs when you breathe in carbon monoxide (CO) fumes.
Choking and Abdominal Thrusts
Detailed information on choking, choking prevention, and doing abdominal thrusts to treat someone who is choking.
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat scratches and bites can cause cat scratch disease, a bacterial infection carried in cat saliva. The bacteria are passed from a cat to a human after the cat licks its paws then scratches human skin.
Exercise-Related Heat Exhaustion
Exercise-related heat exhaustion is an illness caused by getting too hot when you exercise. During heat exhaustion, your body temperature rises above normal.
Preventing Unintentional Injuries
Detailed information on preventing unintentional injuries
Topic Index - Non-Traumatic Emergencies
Detailed information on potential emergency situations and conditions, including animal bites, rabies, cat scratch disease, appendicitis, asthma attack, chest pain, heart attack, dehydration, heat stroke, fever, food allergy, food-drug interaction, frostb
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Detailed information on CPR, including how to become properly trained in CPR.
CPR Training and You
If you know CRP, you could make the difference between life and death for a stranger or someone in your family.
Potential Emergency Situations and Conditions
Detailed information on potential emergency situations and conditions, including animal bites, rabies, cat scratch disease, appendicitis, asthma attack, chest pain, heart attack, dehydration, heat stroke, fever, food allergy, food-drug interaction, frostb
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Poisons
Detailed information on poisoning, preventing poisoning and how to respond in an emergency
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