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A Home First Aid Kit for Families with Children

Your child gets a scrape or develops a fever, and you need supplies immediately. A well-organized first aid kit allows you to respond to common injuri...

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Cuts and Scrapes: What to Do at Home and What Needs Stitches

A lot of long-standing first-aid advice for cuts and scrapes was wrong. Hydrogen peroxide and iodine, the two staples of every parent's first aid box,...

7 min read

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Antiseptics and Young Children: What's Safe, What to Skip, and How to Use Them

The first instinct when a child grazes a knee is often to reach for the strongest-looking bottle in the cupboard. Most of the time that's the wrong mo...

6 min read

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Burns and Scalds in Children: First Aid and When to Seek Help

Burns and scalds are among the most common serious injuries in young children, and almost everything that matters for the long-term outcome happens in...

5 min read