Safety and first aid A to Z

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

• Treating needlestick injuries

Aged care

• Preventing falls

Air quality

• Air pollution and health
• Health effects of dust
• Minimising the impacts of peat smoke
• Smoke hazard from bushfires

Allergies

• Adrenaline auto-injectors
• Anaphylaxis
• Managing your child’s anaphylaxis at school or child care

Amoebic meningitis

• Amoebic meningitis
• Nasal irrigation – is it safe?

Anaphylaxis

• Adrenaline auto-injectors
• Anaphylaxis
• Managing your child’s anaphylaxis at school or child care

Angina

• Community first responder

Asbestos

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – contamination of soil
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home

Barmah Forest virus

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

Bed bugs

• Bed bugs

Biting midges

• Biting midges

Blood-borne viruses

• Treating needlestick injuries

Bone fractures and dislocations

• First aid for fractures and dislocations

Bore water

• Bore water

Breast milk

• Risks to your baby of home-made infant formula

Breastfeeding

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Risks to your baby of home-made infant formula

Burns

• Burns first aid

Bushfire

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Rainwater tanks after a bushfire
• Smoke hazard from bushfires

Carbon monoxide

• Carbon monoxide safety

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

• DRSABCD action plan
• First aid for a choking adult or child over 1
• First aid for a choking infant under 1

CCA treated wood

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Stay safe around copper chrome arsenate treated wood

Child development

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods

Children's nutrition

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods

Choking

• First aid for a choking adult or child over 1
• First aid for a choking infant under 1

Concussion

• Concussion

Coronary heart disease

• Community first responder

Cyclones

• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Food safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Managing health conditions during cyclone season
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Dental health

• Dental injury – knocked out tooth

Digestive system

• Salmonella infection

Drinking water

• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Water filters for your home
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Drugs

• Clandestine drug laboratories – are you at risk?
• Drugs of dependence
• Information collected by the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch of the Department of Health
• Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
• Stimulant medicines
• Treating needlestick injuries

Emergency medical

• Emergency and crisis
• Health care options

Environment

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Air pollution and health
• Algal blooms
• Amoebic meningitis
• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home
• Biting midges
• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Health effects of dust
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• March flies
• Mould and dampness
• Rainwater tanks after a bushfire
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Smoke hazard from bushfires
• Stay safe around copper chrome arsenate treated wood
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Exercise and physical activity

• Preventing falls
• Tips for healthy swimming

Eye conditions

• Eye injury – corneal flash burns
• Eye injury – foreign object in the eye

Falls

• Preventing falls

First aid and medical

• Biting midges
• Burns first aid
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Community first responder
• DRSABCD action plan
• Drugs of dependence
• Emergency and crisis
• 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
• GPs
• Health care options
• 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
• March flies
• Medicines and poisons
• Mercury exposure
• Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
• Pharmacy
• Poisoning – first aid
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Preventing falls
• Prevent poisoning in the home
• Regulation of poisons
• Self-care
• Stimulant medicines
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Treating needlestick injuries
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely
• Vaccination safety
• Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system

Fleas

• Fleas

Floods and cyclones

• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Food safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Food and nutrition

• Date marking
• Eggs
• Food additives
• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
• Food labelling
• Understanding food labels for allergies

Food poisoning

• Eggs
• Food recalls
• Food safety myths
• Food safety tips
• Marbled Death Cap mushrooms
• Reporting food safety offences
• Safe cooling of cooked rice
• Safe holiday feasting
• Salmonella infection
• Taking leftover food home

Food safety

• Adrenaline auto-injectors
• Anaphylaxis
• Date marking
• Eggs
• Food additives
• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
• Food labelling
• Food legislation breaches list of restaurants and food outlets
• Food recalls
• Food safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Food safety myths
• Food safety tips
• Managing your child’s anaphylaxis at school or child care
• Marbled Death Cap mushrooms
• Reporting food safety offences
• Safe cooling of cooked rice
• Safe holiday feasting
• Salmonella infection
• Taking leftover food home
• The power is off – is your food?
• Understanding food labels for allergies
• Wild shellfish collection

Gastroenteritis (gastro)

• Cryptosporidium infection (Cryptosporidiosis)
• Salmonella infection

GPs – general practitioners

• GPs
• Health care options

Having a baby

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
• Personal security for your baby
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Risks to your baby of home-made infant formula

Hazards

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – contamination of soil
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely

Head injury

• Concussion

Health checks

• Health care options

Heart conditions

• Community first responder

Heart failure

• Community first responder

Heat stress

• Heat and what to wear

Hepatitis B

• Treating needlestick injuries

Hepatitis C

• Treating needlestick injuries

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

• Treating needlestick injuries

Home and household

• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – contamination of soil
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home
• Bed bugs
• Biting midges
• Bore water
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Clean-up guide for small mercury spills in the home
• Domestic wastewater overflow – cleaning up
• Domestic wastewater overflow – legal powers and responsibilities
• Domestic wastewater overflows
• Domestic wastewater overflow – who should respond?
• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Feral pigeon control
• Fleas
• Guide to selecting a pest management business
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Health effects of dust
• Health effects of wood smoke
• Household wastewater and health risks
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• March flies
• Mercury and compact fluorescent lamps
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home
• Mould and dampness
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Protect your health – keep rats under control
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Stay safe around copper chrome arsenate treated wood
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Swimming pools and spas
• The power is off – is your food?
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely
• Water filters for your home
• Water tanks on your property

Hospital treatments

• During your hospital stay
• Giving informed consent in hospital
• Going home after a stay in hospital
• Going to hospital
• Preparing for your stay in hospital
• Your rights and responsibilities as a patient

Immunisation

• Vaccination safety
• Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system

Insects and pests

• Bed bugs
• Biting midges
• Feral pigeon control
• Fleas
• Guide to selecting a pest management business
• March flies
• Protect your health – keep rats under control

Kunjin viruses

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

Lead exposure

• Lead exposure
• Lead exposure – how to reduce your risk
• Lead exposure – minimising the health risks associated with lead in Northampton soils

Legionnaire's disease

• Legionnaires' disease
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home

Malaria

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

March flies

• March flies

Medications

• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Drugs of dependence
• How is the cost of medicines to consumers determined?
• Information collected by the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch of the Department of Health
• Medicines and poisons
• Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
• Preventing falls
• Stimulant medicines
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely

Meningitis

• Amoebic meningitis

Mercury

• Clean-up guide for small mercury spills in the home
• Mercury and compact fluorescent lamps
• Mercury exposure

Mosquito-borne

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

Mould

• Mould and dampness

Murray Valley encephalitis

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

Nasal irrigation

• Nasal irrigation – is it safe?

Needle

• Treating needlestick injuries

Nutrition

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods

Palpitations

• Community first responder

Parenting

• Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
• Personal security for your baby

Patients

• During your hospital stay
• Giving informed consent in hospital
• Going home after a stay in hospital
• Going to hospital
• Information collected by the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch of the Department of Health
• Preparing for your stay in hospital
• Your rights and responsibilities as a patient

Pests and insects

• Bed bugs
• Biting midges
• Feral pigeon control
• Fleas
• Guide to selecting a pest management business
• March flies
• Protect your health – keep rats under control

Pharmacy

• Health care options
• Pharmacy

Poisons

• Button batteries
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Clean-up guide for small mercury spills in the home
• Essential oils – Health warning
• First aid for bites and stings
• Medicines and poisons
• Mercury and compact fluorescent lamps
• Mercury exposure
• Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
• Poisoning – first aid
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Prevent poisoning in the home
• Regulation of poisons
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely
• Using pesticides safely

Pregnancy

• Personal security for your baby
• Pregnancy and pesticides

Rats and mice

• Protect your health – keep rats under control

Restaurant food safety

• Food legislation breaches list of restaurants and food outlets
• Reporting food safety offences
• Taking leftover food home

Ross River virus

• Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in Western Australia
• Insect repellent
• Prevent mosquito bites at home
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas

Salmonella

• Salmonella infection

Seasonal health

• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Heat and what to wear
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Managing health conditions during cyclone season
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Swimming pools and spas
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Security

• Personal security for your baby

Septic tanks

• Understanding Septic Tank Systems

Sewage

• Sewage spills

Sexual assault

• Common myths about sexual assault
• Consent to sexual activity
• Have you been sexually assaulted or sexually abused in the past?
• Have you been sexually assaulted or sexually abused in the previous two weeks?
• Recovering from sexual assault
• Sexual assault
• Sexual assault information for men
• Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC)
• Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) counselling questions
• Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) crisis service questions
• What to do if you want to report sexual assault to the police
• When someone close to you has been sexually assaulted

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC)

Shock

• First aid for shock

Smoke

• Minimising the impacts of peat smoke

Spinal injuries

• First aid for spinal injury

Summer health

• Heat and what to wear
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home

Swimming

• How safe are natural waterways?
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Swimming pools and spas
• Tips for healthy swimming
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy

Syringe

• Treating needlestick injuries

Travel health

• Cryptosporidium infection (Cryptosporidiosis)
• Prevent mosquito bites on holiday overseas
• Prevent mosquito-borne disease on holiday overseas
• Salmonella infection

Typhoid

• Salmonella infection

Vaccination

• Vaccination safety
• Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system

Wastewater

• Domestic wastewater overflow – cleaning up
• Domestic wastewater overflow – legal powers and responsibilities
• Domestic wastewater overflows
• Domestic wastewater overflow – who should respond?
• Household wastewater and health risks
• Sewage spills

Water

• Acanthamoeba and contact lens use
• Algal blooms
• Bore water
• Cryptosporidium infection (Cryptosporidiosis)
• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• How safe are natural waterways?
• Nasal irrigation – is it safe?
• Rainwater tanks after a bushfire
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Sewage spills
• Swimming pools and spas
• Tips for healthy swimming
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water filters for your home
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water tanks on your property

Wounds

• Burns first aid
• Wounds first aid