Life-Saving Medical Technique

First Aid First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor can be trained to perform in medical emergency situations, before the intervention of emergency medical technicians or doctors.

It is best to obtain training in first aid before a medical emergency occurs. Supplies useful in giving first aid are often kept together in a first aid kit.Emergency action principles The guiding rules to be employed by the first person, or persons, on the scene of an emergency.

The nature of emergencies is such that it is impossible to prescribe a specific list of actions to be completed before the event happens, so principles form a framework on which to base forward actions.The adherence to the principles by would be rescuers varies widely based on the training the people involved in emergency have received, the support available from emergency services (and the time it will take to arrive) and the emergency itself.

There are many overlaps between emergency action principles and principles of first aid, firefighting and other emergency service activities.Improvised uses.Many first-aid items can have improvised uses in a survival situation.

For example:
alcohol pads and petroleum jelly-based ointments can be used as a fire-starting aid in an emergency, and the latter can even be used as an improvised lubricant for certain mechanical devices, and adhesive tapes and bandages can be used for repairs.
These alternate uses can be an important consideration when picking items for a kit that may be used in wilderness or survival situations.