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first aid

noun

emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.

first aid

noun

1. immediate medical assistance given in an emergency
2. ( as modifier )
  first-aid box
(in Barbados) a small shop that sells domestic items after hours

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Other Words From

first-aid adjective
first-aider noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of first aid¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

Rifleman Anderson rushed to give his comrade first aid but quickly realised that he could not move his left leg, which now felt warm.

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Workplaces in California could eventually be required to stock first aid kits with naloxone or another opioid overdose reversal medication under the bill signed by Newsom.

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A police officer who provided first aid to those injured in the 1998 Omagh bombing has described the "horrors" he witnessed after the attack.

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A video posted online shows the moment people dashed onto the stage immediately after the attack, and police said a doctor in the audience gave Mr Rushdie first aid.

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Crews wearing breathing apparatus and using firefighting jets, extinguished a fire at the property and rendered first aid.

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