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First aid and medical

First aid and medical

This section will give you information on medicines and poisons, as well as how to respond to medical and first aid situations in and around your home.

  • Biting midges
  • Burns first aid
  • Button batteries
  • Community first responder
  • DRSABCD action plan
  • Drugs of dependence
  • Essential Oils – Health Warning
  • Eye injury – corneal flash burns
  • Eye injury – foreign object in the eye
  • First aid for a choking adult or child over 1
  • First aid for a choking infant under 1
  • First aid for bites and stings
  • First aid for eye injuries
  • First aid for fractures and dislocations
  • First aid for shock
  • First aid for spinal injury
  • First aid for sprains and strains
  • How is the cost of medicines to consumers determined?
  • Information collected by the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch of the Department of Health
  • Managing health conditions during cyclone season
  • Managing your medications in hospital
  • March flies
  • Medicines and poisons
  • Mercury exposure
  • Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
  • Poisoning – first aid
  • Prevent poisoning in the home
  • Stimulant medicines
  • Treating needlestick injuries
  • Vaccination safety
  • Your medicines (video transcript)
  • Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system
  • Wounds first aid

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