First Aid and Care Resources
First aid knowledge allows you to assist in emergencies before professional help arrives. Having this knowledge can mean the difference between life and death in critical situations. It empowers you to respond promptly to injuries, accidents, or sudden illnesses, providing immediate care that can stabilize someone until medical professionals take over. Moreover, it builds confidence and a sense of preparedness, enabling you to take action calmly and effectively during unexpected situations. Discover resources and knowledge to help you and your family be prepared for minor boo boos to serious injuries.
- 5 ways to prepare for an allergy emergency
- Allergic reactions
- Broken bones
- Bruising: what to know
- Buckle fractures
- Burns
- Burns: what to do about them
- Community education events at Cook Children’s
- Comminuted fractures
- Cook children's emergency contact sheet
- CPR
- Fainting
- Fever (high temperature) in kids
- Handling injuries and illnesses
- How to build a first aid kit
- Storm stress: helping kids stay calm
- Teaching your child how to use 911
- Tornadoes: helping your family be prepared
- What do I do? –First aid and safety information
- What you need to know in an emergency
- First-aid kit
- First aid: allergic reactions
- First aid: animal bites
- First aid: broken bones
- First aid: chest pains
- First aid: chickenpox
- First aid: choking
- First aid: common cold
- First aid: dislocations
- First aid: fainting
- First aid: falls
- First aid: febrile seizures
- First aid: frostbite
- First aid: head injuries
- First aid: head lice
- First aid: nosebleeds
- First aid: pinkeye
- First aid: poisoning
- First aid: rashes
- First aid: ringworm
- First aid: seizures
- First aid: splinters
- First aid: strains and sprains
- First aid: teeth injuries
- Food poisoning
- Functional abdominal pain
- Going to the emergency room
- Greenstick fractures
- Handling injuries & illnesses
- Headaches
- How broken bones heal
- How to handle asthma flare-ups
- How to handle constipation
- How to handle heat illness
- How to handle pain while peeing
- How to handle sunburn
- How to handle vomiting
- How to handle a cough
- How to handle an earache
- How to handle an eye injury
- How to take a rectal temperature
- How to take an axillary (armpit) temperature
- How to take an oral temperature
- Inflammation
- Learn CPR
- Migraine headaches
- Occupational therapy
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Physical therapy
- Poison Prevention (cookchildrens.org)
- Splints
- Stress fractures
- What to do about bug bites and stings
- What to do about burns
- What to do about croup
- What to do about cuts
- What to do about dehydration
- What to do about diaper rash
- What to do about diarrhea
- What to do about headaches
- What to do about poison ivy
- What to do about spider bites
- What to do about stomachaches
- What to do about tick bites
- What to do about warts
- What to do about a fever (high temperature)
- What to do about a sore throat
- What to do about a stiff neck
- What to do about the flu
- When and where to get medical care