first aid

noun

: emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained

Examples of first aid in a Sentence

She gave him first aid for his sprained ankle.

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The woman who was shot was provided immediate first aid and taken to a hospital. —

Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024 At first, the nurses mostly provided first aid and trauma care, treating wounds and respiratory infections and rashes from the dirt and mud that pervaded the entire town after the storm. —

Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024 Clay County deputies and a responding Minnesota state trooper immediately began administering first aid to the male hunter. —

Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024 The body camera footage, which was played for the jury, also showed that as Hill lay dying on the floor of the garage, none of the officers who responded to the incident appeared to immediately provide first aid. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for first aid