first aid
noun
: emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained
Examples of first aid in a Sentence
She gave him first aid for his sprained ankle.
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Dress warmly and bring essentials such as food, water, a first aid kit, a chainsaw and a shovel.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
Familiarize yourself with basic animal first aid before embarking on longer adventures, just in case something happens, so a call for help is your last resort.
—Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2024
Officers administered first aid until paramedics arrived and transported the woman to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Rising to the occasion, community members from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, banded together to collect donations of food, medicine, supplies, and first aid to send to their neighbors up north.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
Familiarize yourself with basic animal first aid before embarking on longer adventures, just in case something happens, so a call for help is your last resort.
—Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2024
Officers administered first aid until paramedics arrived and transported the woman to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Rising to the occasion, community members from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, banded together to collect donations of food, medicine, supplies, and first aid to send to their neighbors up north.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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first aid
noun
: emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained
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