25 Medical Skills You Need to Know

You never know when you will be faced with a medical emergency. Would you know what to do? Here are 25 basic medical skills that everyone should know:

1. How to do CPR
2. How to use an AED
3. How to do the Heimlich Maneuver
4. How to take a pulse and a temperature
5. How to take a blood pressure
6. How to backboard and C-collar a patient
7. How to clean, medicate, and dress a wound
8. How to immobilize a fractured limb
9. How to treat someone who is in shock
10. How to control bleeding
11. How to treat a burn
12. How to recognize and treat an allergic reaction
13. Appropriate use of medications (prescription, over the counter, and naturopathic)
14. How to care for someone who is ill
15. How to identify and treat common illnesses
16. How to suture a wound
17. How to treat infections
18. How to identify and care for someone with a head injury
19. How to prevent the spread of disease and infection
20. How to deliver a baby
21. How to give an injection
22. How to identify and treat poisoning
23. What Universal Precautions are and why you need to use them
24. How to treat environmental emergencies
25. How to know when to seek advanced medical assistance