SECTION 25

Injuries and Poisoning

299 First Aid

Emergency First Aid Priorities Cardiac Arrest Choking Internal Bleeding Wounds Soft Tissue Injuries Severed or Constricted Limbs or Digits

300 Burns

301 Fractures

Foot and Ankle Fractures Leg Fractures Hip Fractures Pelvis Fractures Compression Fractures of the Spine Rib Fractures Clavicle Fractures Humerus Fractures Elbow Fractures Wrist Fractures Hand Fractures

302 Sports Injuries

Rotator Cuff Injury Labral Tear Lateral Epicondylitis Medial Epicondylitis Knee Sprains and Meniscal Injuries Pain in the Front of the Knee Hamstring Injury Shin Splints Achilles Tendinitis Achilles Tendon Rupture Ankle Sprain Stress Fractures of the Foot

303 Heat Disorders

Heat Cramps Heat Exhaustion Heatstroke

304 Cold Injuries

Hypothermia Nonfreezing Tissue Injuries Frostbite

305 Radiation Injury

306 Electrical and Lightning Injuries

307 Drowning

308 Diving and Compressed Air Injuries

Barotrauma Air Embolism Decompression Sickness Immersion Pulmonary Edema Gas Toxicity Recompression Therapy Diving Precautions and Prevention of Diving Injuries

309 Altitude Illness

310 Poisoning

Acetaminophen Poisoning Aspirin Poisoning Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Caustic Substances Poisoning Hydrocarbon Poisoning Insecticide Poisoning Iron Poisoning Lead Poisoning

311 Bites and Stings

Animal Bites Human Bites Snake Bites Lizard Bites Spider Bites Bee, Wasp, Hornet, and Ant Stings Puss Moth Caterpillar Stings Insect Bites Tick and Mite Bites Centipede and Millipede Bites Scorpion Stings Marine Animal Stings and Bites