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first aid

NOUN
emergency care
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During the sentencing hearing, Judge William Mousley KC said the pathology evidence had shown that Nowak would not have survived, "however quickly he received first aid, CPR or expert medical treatment".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Staff at the site and teachers gave the boy first aid, with a mountain rescue team member also involved, before paramedics arrived.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Having been given first aid by a fellow passenger, Gjoshe managed to get himself out to the station car park, from where paramedics rushed him to hospital.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The trial had heard Roberts briefly lost consciousness in the collision, but when he came to he offered first aid to the Pinkneys until an ambulance arrived.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

De la O dropped his radio and pulled off his first aid pack.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge



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