Curated OER
First Aid
First aid is a skill anyone can and should learn. Give kids a good set of life skills such as tending to small wounds, bleeding, sprains, or insect stings. Slides provide text to reinforce each major first aid skill. Tip: You need a...
BBC
Bbc: First Aid Procedures
Find out how to treat many kinds of medical emergencies, such as bleeding and bruising, burns and scalds, poisoning and allergic reactions, scene of emergency, respiratory problems, and bone, joint and muscle problems.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Going With the Flow of Nosebleeds
Getting hit in the face is not the only cause of nosebleeds. Lots of kids have nosebleeds, they are quite common. Even thought they can be scary and gross, nosebleeds are usually not really a big deal. Use this site to learn more about...
Curated OER
Kids Health: How Stitches Help Kids Heal
Just about every kid needs to have stitches at one time or another. Whether you're playing a bit too hard and conk your head - ouch! - on your dresser, or your little brother trips you and you cut your knee, sometimes your skin needs...
BBC
Bbc:test Your First Aid Skills
Find out how much you really know about using your first aid skills with this interactive program.
Harvard University
Family Health Guide: Emergencies and First Aid: Bleeding
There are three sections in this website: "Butterfly Bandages," "Direct Pressure for Bleeding and Pressure Points for Bleeding," and "How to Stop a Nosebleed." Each includes clear sketches that will help you get most types of external...
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: First Aid for Severe Bleeding
This site contains a list of resource information with links to information about bleeding.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Fractures
This site from the MayoClinic.com provides great information on fractures, or broken bones. The information is very brief with links to shock, CPR and severe bleeding. Also lets you know what to do if there is an injury or a trauma.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Nosebleeds
At this website, find simple steps that will help you stop or prevent a nosebleed. Links to a "Nosebleeds Instruction Sheet" that you can print out and keep handy at home or at school in case of emergency.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Bleeding
Do you know what to do to stop bleeding from scrapes, abrasions, and deep cuts? Learn how to properly clean a wound and apply pressure to it. Also learn when a visit or call to the doctor might be necessary.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How to Deal With Hemophilia
What is hemophilia, how do you get it, and how do doctors treat it? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this article just for kids.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Blood Clotting
From MedlinePlus, a video tutorial featuring information on the blot clotting process with accompanying text.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: High Platelet Count
Resource provides great information on Thrombocythemia, or high platelet count. The article is set up as a brief answer to a question about the condition, thrombocythemia. The information is short, factual and interesting.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Going With the Flow of Nosebleeds
Ever get a nosebleed? To learn more about them, read this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: How Stitches Help Kids Heal
Most kids need stitches at one time or another to help a cut heal properly. Read this article to learn all about stitches and what they do.
Remedy Health Media
The Challenges of Being a Woman With a "Male Disease"
An article on the challenges of being a woman with a disease considered by many to be a "man's disease", hemophilia and HIV/Aids. Excellent information on how the disease affects women and the issues around having the disease. Original...
Curated OER
Kids Health: First Aid & Safety
This website includes several links that will help you learn first-aid skills that you might need to use in emergency situations. Learn how to deal with allergic reactions, animal bites, fevers, heat illness, nosebleeds, and other...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bleeding and Impaired Hemostasis Quiz 2
Part 2 of a quiz over bleeding and impaired hemostasis. Choose to take the quiz in Polish or English.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bleeding and Impaired Hemostasis Quiz 3
Part 3 of a quiz over bleeding and impaired hemostasis. Choose to take the quiz in Polish or English.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bleeding and Impaired Hemostasis Quiz 1
NCLEX-RN style questions related to bleeding and impaired hemostasis. Choose to take the quiz in Polish or English.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Nosebleeds Instruction Sheet
What causes a nosebleed? How can you stop a nose from bleeding? Learn the answers to these questions, and learn how nosebleeds can be prevented.
Other
St. John: First Aid Tips for Nose Bleeds
A nosebleed can result in minor blood loss, or it can cause serious medical problems. This resource provides examples of nosebleed causes, ways to take care of a nosebleed, and tips to prevent complications related to the nosebleed.