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This extensive section contains informative guides on first aid techniques. It is essential for anyone to look here, as it might help you save someone's life one day. Check it out.
Strapping methods for ankle sprains
The following guide will give you step-by-step advice on how to bandage your sprained ankle.
Burns: 2nd or 3rd degree?
View this graphic to find out what a second or thrid degree burn looks like.
The Heimlich Manoeuvre
The following guide will show you how to perform the Heimlich Manoeuvre.
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The following guide will show you how to effectively deal with leg splints.
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This great guide will show you how to effectively create an arm sling for someone who is suffering with an arm injury.
How to remove a ring
Ring stuck to your finger? Simply follow these steps from our First Aid Centre.
Recovery positions
The recovery position prevents a semiconscious or unconscious person from choking on the tongue or from vomit, blood or saliva. View this graphic to find out more.
Pressure points
The following graphic shows you all the various pressure points of the body.
Treating electric shock
Would you know how to help someone who is suffering from an electric shock? View this guide to find out how.
Leg splints: moving someone
There is a way you should handle a person who is suffering from a specific injury. This guide will show you how to move someone with a leg splint.
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