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First Aid

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All pages for first aid (i.e. not CPR or "concept" pages, but actual first aid content pages) need a common organization system:
- Introduction: (what it is, how it happens, what's going on physiologically)
- Recognition: Signs & Symptoms (including notes about how to differentiate it from other things with similar S&S)
- Treatment: (including treatment priorities and don'ts)

These issues are currently being actively discussed, and we'd love to have your input:

Talk:First Aid#Disclaimers: Do we want to keep the disclaimers on First Aid? – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 05:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC); Not kept – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 22:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikibooks:Featured books/Nominations#First Aid (PDF): First Aid has been nominated for Featured Book status! – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 05:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies#Deletion of module: Whether to keep the Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies module or not; Not kept – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Oxygen Administration#Proposal for deletion: Whether to keep the oxygen admin module or not; Kept – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Emergency First Aid & Initial Action Steps#AVPU or ALVPU: Whether to keep the 4-point scale, or move to a 5-point scale; 4-pt scale seems standard – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid#Proposal: A proposal to re-organize the BLS chapter to match First Aid/CPR summary

Talk:First Aid#Emergency Childbirth: Whether we want to include it at all, and if so, where?; Not included; content remains on the talk page for future use elsewhere – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Emergency First Aid & Initial Action Steps#BLS Chapter: Where AEDs fit into this book: BLS or advanced skill?; AED use is an advanced skill; Basic AED knowledge is included throughout – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Emergency First Aid & Initial Action Steps#Ambulance before Airway - Disagree: Call EMS first, or open airway and check breathing, then call EMS?

Talk:First Aid/Emergency First Aid & Initial Action Steps#AAA vs GO DR SHAVPU: Which, if any mnemonic should be used? Perhaps using AAA as a structural organization and GODRSHAVPU as a mnemonic would be best?; This was done – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/B for Breathing#ILCOR/AHA only, or include regional standards?: What does ILCOR actually say about when to call EMS, AED's role in BLS and the number of initial rescue breaths?

Talk:First Aid/C for Compressions#I believe: AEDs again; see above – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid/Extended Assessment#Keep the Article?: Whether to keep the extended assessment module; Kept – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 23:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Talk:First Aid#Victims, patients, casualties: We reached consensus on this one, and I already made the changes.; We're using victim for everything except in Advanced Topics, where we'll have the option of using patient. – Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 02:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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