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    TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

    Title: 1904.7(b)(5) – First Aid
    Type: Text Slide
    Content:
     
    • Drilling of fingernail or toenail, draining fluid from blister
    • Eye patches
    • Removing foreign bodies from eye using irrigation or cotton swab
    • Removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton
    • swabs or other simple means
    • Finger guards
    • Massages
    • Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress
    Speaker Notes:

    Removing foreign bodies from the eye using irrigation or a cotton swab is first aid. Using other methods to remove materials from the eye is medical treatment.

    Massage therapy is first aid. Physical therapy or chiropractic treatment is considered medical treatment.

    Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress is first aid, but administering fluids through an IV is medical treatment.
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