title: First aid: basic procedures for nurses.
abstract: Nurses who encounter a road traffic accident or a person who has collapsed in the community often feel ill-prepared to assist. This article sketches a likely scenario and outlines the procedures to undertake if one of the following emergencies arose: care of the unconscious casualty; cardiac arrest; haemorrhage; chest pain; choking; and fractures.
authors.affiliation: British Red Cross. denise.kindleysides@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kindleysides
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom