First Aid - Health

The Emergency Response Safety and Health Database

http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/ershdb

This National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health database provides quick but correct information about biological, chemical, and radiological agents in the event of a terrorist incident.

First Aid Guide

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/FirstAidIndex 

Basic first aid information for situations such as bites, burns, chest pain, choking, heat stroke, hypothermia, poisoning, shock, and other medical emergencies. From the Mayo Clinic. 

Kids First Aid and Safety

http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/index.html

Learn how to protect your child inside the house and out, what to do in an emergency, how to stock a first-aid kit, where to call for help, and more.

Find Your Poison Center

http://www.aapcc.org/DNN/LinkClick.aspx?link=130&tabid=36&mid=351 

Find the telephone number and address of the information provider closest to you.

Poison Control Hotline: 1-800-222-1222

Injury Prevention Web

http://www.safetylit.org/links/links.htm 

A collection of links on how to prevent accidents, burns, drowning, falls, suicide, violence, and other injuries; with relevance to occupational, home, sports, child, and elder safety.

Learn CPR

http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/index.html 

Illustrated guides to cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adults, children, and infants; with additional information about choking. Not of course a replacement for a class but a good refresher.

Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets

http://web.doh.state.nj.us/rtkhsfs/indexfs.aspx 

Information from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services about hazardous chemicals. Along with first aid instructions, you will find each chemical's characteristics, common names, health hazards, handling and storage, recommendations for work places, and frequently asked questions.

Hazmap

http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/hazmapadv.html 

Covers the relationships between chemicals, jobs and diseases. Search by hazardous agents, diseases, occupations, and symptoms (see More Searches to search by job tasks, processes, symptoms, findings, and more). Many areas browsable. Includes a glossary. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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