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Snakebites

Environmental Emergencies Bites/Stings

What is it? A bite from any snake. Most venomous snakes in North America have eyes like slits a...

Spider Bites

Environmental Emergencies Bites/Stings

What is it? A bite from any spider. Most spider bites cause only minor injury but there are a f...

Sunburn

Environmental Emergencies Heat-Related Emergencies

What is it? To burn or discolor from the sun. Symptoms: The affected skin will be: Painfu...

Tick Bites

Environmental Emergencies Bites/Stings

What is it? A bite from a tick. Most tick bites are painless and cause only minor signs and sym...

Anaphylaxis

Environmental Emergencies Bites/Stings

What is it? A life-threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) can cause shock, a sudden drop in...

Black Eye

Injury Emergencies Eye Injuries

What is it? Bruising caused by bleeding in the tiny blood vessels in the skin surrounding the ey...

Blisters

Injury Emergencies Skin Injuries

What is it? A bubble on the skin filled with serum caused by friction, burning, or other damage....

Chemical Burns

Injury Emergencies Chemical Injuries

What is it? Tissue damage caused by strong acids, drain cleaners, paint thinner, gasoline and ma...

Cuts and Scrapes

Injury Emergencies Skin Injuries

What is it? A minor skin wound that may or may not draw blood. Plan of Action: 1. Wash your ha...

Dislocation

Injury Emergencies Bone and Joint Injuries

What is it? An injury in which the ends of your bones are forced from their normal positions. D...

Electrical Shock

Injury Emergencies Electrical Injuries

What is it? Injury to the body from direct contact with a high-voltage source. The danger from ...

Fever

Injury Emergencies

What is it? A rise in body temperature. consisting of 100.4 (38 C) or higher. Plan of Action: ...

Foodborne Illness

Injury Emergencies Illnesses

What is it? Illness caused by food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, or toxins. S...

Foreign Object in the Ear

Injury Emergencies

What is it? Anything in the ear canal that normally would not be there. If left untreated, a fo...

Foreign Object in the Eye

Injury Emergencies Eye Injuries

What is it? Anything that is in the eye that wouldn't normally be there. Plan of Action: To he...

Foreign Object in the Nose

Injury Emergencies Nose Injuries

What is it? Anything in the nose that wouldn't normally be there. Plan of Action: Remove r...

Foreign Object in the Skin

Injury Emergencies Skin Injuries

What is it? An object stuck under the skin such as wood splinters, thorns, slivers of metal or g...

Head Trauma

Injury Emergencies Head, Neck, and Spine Injuries

What is it? Any damage to the scalp, skull, or brain caused by injury. Plan of Action: To give...

Motion Sickness

Injury Emergencies Illnesses

What is it? Nausea caused by motion. Symptoms: Fatigue Cold sweats Headache ...

Poisoning

Injury Emergencies

What is it? Injury or death due to swallowing, inhaling, touching or injecting various drugs, ch...