first aid
noun
emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.
first-aider
-
a word derived from
first aid.
Example Sentences
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Gareth Brookes, who is involved with two rugby teams in the area, Abercrave RFC and Yogits Vets Touch Rugby, trained as a mental health first-aider after Geraint's death.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
Mr Major was also a first-aider, although such was the scale of the damage inflicted in the raids he could do little to help.
From BBC ● May 21, 2022
The other thing that happens in faints is that someone nearby is a first-aider, and says you had a seizure.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021
The best office operators have their own USP, but we already have a first-aider, a social secretary, and that woman who brings in Reese’s Pieces every time she visits her daughter in Florida.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2015
You've been Lady Bountiful, and first-aider, and last-leaver.
From The Purple Heights by Marie Conway Oemler
