First aid is the kind of treatment you give while waiting for the doctor to come. It is never intended to replace qualified professional care. First aid is only designed to make the victim comfortable until help arrives. By carrying out these simple steps, you will be able to calm his fears and reduce any chance of further injury. If he is bleeding, you must try to stop any further loss of blood. If there is broken bone, you must try to immobilize the area and put the patient at rest. If he is having a convulsion, you must protect him from injuring himself. If he has swallowed poison, you must do your best to remove the poison, or else neutralize is without delay.

Following are the general principles of first aid. Any normally intelligent person can carry them out. All it takes is the ability to make definite decision and the courage to follow them through. Any lack of decision now may be fatal.