27/08/2025
🚫 Common First Aid Mistakes – Are You Making These? 🩹
In an emergency, it’s easy to fall back on myths or outdated advice — but some first aid mistakes can make injuries worse, or even become life-threatening.
Here are some of the most common errors:
❌ Tipping the head back during a nosebleed
❌ Putting butter or ice directly on a burn
❌ Not cooling a burn long enough with water
❌ Spitting on someone’s cut
❌ Washing out a knocked-out tooth with water
❌ Applying heat to a sprain or fracture
❌ Trying to remove debris from an injured eye
❌ Ripping off dry gauze from a bleeding wound
❌ Skipping medical care after a car accident
❌ Using ipecac syrup to induce vomiting
✅ We’ll teach you the right way to respond.
📲 Click the link in our bio to explore our First Aid training options.
📧 Email: info@firstaidaction.com.au
📞 Phone: 07 3901 0599
🌐 Website: https://firstaidaction.qld.edu.au/
