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  • Blunt-Trauma Carotid Artery Injury

  • Descriptions of traumatic injuries to the Carotid Artery. Includes how to prevent by use of proper protective equipment, recognize, diagnose and treat the problem. From the Physician and Sportsmedicine Journal.
    http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/feb_96/troop.htm

  • Learn CPR

  • CPR information, facts and resources, plus information on choking.
    http://www.learncpr.org/

  • Family.com: Shock

  • An excerpt on first aid for shock from the Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care.
    http://family.go.com/raisingkids/child/health/firstaidguide/...

  • How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts

  • Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.
    http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1008283853.html

  • Pediatric Advisor - Severe Bleeding

  • Information on arterial and venous bleeding and first aid treatments. From Medformation.com, Minnesota's health resource.
    http://www.medformation.com/mf/crspa.nsf/pa/pa_bleedsev_hhg....

  • Statistical Graphics from Accidents in North American Mountaineering

  • Statistical graphics representing the accident data gathered by the American and Canadian Alpine Clubs. Note the Contributory Cause graph. These accidents could have been prevented.
    http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~peter/climbing/ANAM/ANAM.html

  • Children's Eliminates Powdered Gloves From Operating and Recovery Rooms

  • Information on latex allergic responses which can range from mild skin irritation to life-threatening anaphylactic shock. From the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/media_center/newsreleases...

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