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Allergic Reaction [PDF 27kb]
Asthma Attack [PDF 27kb]
Burns and Scalds [PDF 378kb]
Choking — Adult/Child [PDF 388kb]
Choking — Infant [PDF 386kb]
Defibrillation [PDF 682kb]
Diabetic Emergency [PDF 41kb]
DRABCD — Danger Response Airway Breathing CPR Defibrillation [PDF 476kb]
Epileptic Seizure [PDF 27kb]
Eye Injuries [PDF 46kb]
Fractures and Dislocations [PDF 27kb]
Funnel-web and Mouse Spider Bites [PDF 61kb]
Handling an Emergency [PDF 598kb]
Head Injuries [PDF 27kb]
Heart Attack [PDF 27kb]
Heat-induced Conditions — heat exhaustion / heatstroke [PDF 27kb]
Hypothermia [PDF 27kb]
Infantile Convulsions [PDF 37kb]
Poisoning [PDF 298kb]
Recovery Position [74kb]
Red-back Spider Bite and management of other spider bites [PDF 40kb]
Resuscitation [PDF 1.76mb]
Severe Bleeding [PDF 27kb]
Shock [PDF 40kb]
Snake Bite [PDF 61kb]
Spinal Injury [PDF 53kb]
Sprains and Strains [PDF 370kb]
These Fact Sheets do not replace first aid training. St John recommends everyone is trained in first aid. To book into a first aid course, please phone 1300 360 455.
For more comprehensive first aid information please refer to Australian First Aid (4th edition, 2/2010). To purchase this book or any other St John publication or first aid kit, please phone 1300 360 455.