Following on periodic posts regarding developments in providing first aid, Dr. Alex Lickerman provides his top ten rules for providing first aid that everyone needs to know:

1. Don’s panic.

2. First do no harm.

3. CPR can be life-sustaining.

4. Time counts.

5. Don’t use hydrogen peroxide on cuts or open wounds.

6. The two most important pieces of info when someone passes out is the pulse rate and the length of time before consciousness returns.

7. High blood pressure is rarely acutely dangerous.

8. If a person can talk or cough, their airway is open.

9. Most seizures are not emergencies.

10. Drowning doesn’t look like what you think it does.

Elaboration on the foregoing rules is here. Good information to pass along to family members and friends.