Mar 25, 2021 | First Aid, Minor Trauma
March is National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month. It’s important to raise awareness about traumatic brain injuries (TBI) because, left untreated, they can be extremely serious. In 2014, about 2.87 million people received medical care for a traumatic brain...
Jan 4, 2021 | Disease & Infections, First Aid
The skin is the largest organ of our bodies and acts as the primary combat zone when it comes to warding off pathogens (disease-causing organisms) from outside. The skin is only millimeters thick, even at its densest part. Yet those few millimeters of thickness are...
Dec 28, 2020 | First Aid, Minor Trauma
Epistaxis, also known as a common nosebleed, is characterized by bleeding from the nasal mucus membranes. More simply put, a nosebleed is bleeding from the tissue inside the nose. While a nosebleed can look pretty scary, they are minor and will stop on their own in...
