Chapter 7

ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES

Accidents and emergencies--Contents of the family medicine chest--Foreign bodies in the eye--Foreign bodies in the ear--Foreign bodies in the nose--Foreign bodies in the throat--A bruise or contusion--Wounds--Arrest of hemorrhage--Removal of foreign bodies from a wound--Cleansing a wound--Closing and dressing wounds--The condition of shock--Dog bites--Sprains--Dislocations--Wounds of the scalp--Run-around--Felon--Whitlow--Burns and scalds 629

MISCELLANEOUS