first aidn.adj.

1867 Army Med. Dept.: Statist., Sanitary & Med. Rep. 1865 VII. 383 in Parl. Papers XLIII. 1 This is the position selected by the senior Medical Officer of the brigade for giving the first aid to the wounded.

1871 C. H. Hackley tr. T. Billroth Gen. Surg. Pathol. & Therapeutics viii. 237 Before passing to the treatment of gunshot-wounds, I would briefly picture to you the transportation of and first aid offered to the wounded in battle. For the first aid there are usually established certain temporary places for dressing the wounded.

1882 Princess Christian tr. J. F. A. von Esmarch (title) First aid to the injured.

1912 Boys' Life May 26/1 The boys are going to give various exhibitions of the Scout activities, such as First Aid to the Injured.

1926 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son i. §2 The porter applied first aid to their piece of luggage.

1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils vii. 52 While her Curmudgeonly fiancé had stood looking on, he had rescued Margaret and rendered her first-aid.

1975 P. Kronhausen & E. Kronhausen Sex People v. 47 We were just a bit put out at having to administer emotional first aid to somebody who was supposedly there to help and assist us.

2012 Green Parent Apr. 62/2 Onion honey, like garlic honey, is great first aid for those suffering from colds and the flu, sore throats and coughs.

1882 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Apr. 629/1 At the back and below the floor is a case of first aid appliances, which can be supplemented at the discretion of the surgeons.

1898 Cosmopolitan July 262/1 Every private soldier will be provided with what is called a ‘first-aid packet’, containing bandages, etc., so that he can stop his own blood from flowing.

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. xiii. 476 A knot of night prowlers..hung about the door of the first-aid hospital.

1907 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Oct. 768/1 A first-aid chemical fire-extinguisher.

1934 Amer. Home July 68g/2 To be..applied as first-aid treatment to surface cuts and bruises.

1934 Manch. Guardian 26 Nov. 12/3 The wares offered include steel gas-proof doors for cellars, fire extinguishers, first-aid boxes,..and ‘black-out’ blinds.

1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) (recto rear cover) First Aid equipment including bandages, dressings..tubegauz and applicators, all component parts for haversacks, etc.

1977 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 29 July 36/2 The construction of a first aid cabin for emergency treatment of injured skiers.

1991 M. Dorris & L. Erdrich Crown of Columbus i. 8 The ABCs—Airway/Breathing/Cardiac—of her first-aid training fixed in mind.

2011 New Yorker 30 May 61/3 She..passed a first-aid course when she was sixteen.

1903 Colorado School Jrnl. Jan. 115/1 A disinterested doctor has placed in every schoolhouse a medicine case, equipped with bandages, liniments, etc.—a regular first aid kit.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 July 9/5 First Aid Kits. For the camp or your car. In metal box, up from 75¢.

1973 H. Nielsen Severed Key i. 12 Find the seasickness pills in the first aid kit in the forward locker.

2011 New Yorker 28 Nov. 32/2 A black messenger bag that contained a first-aid kit.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xxvii. 262 From this first-aid post, after inoculating me with anti-tetanus serum to prevent lockjaw.

1944 Ourselves in Wartime v. 71 Tiers of bunks, canteens, adequate sanitation and first-aid posts were provided.

2010 R. W. Sehlinger Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World with Kids vii. 262 Down Main Street and left around the central hub..are the baby-changing/nursing center and a first-aid post.

1894 ‘Tourniquet’ in First Aid Sept. 15/1 I have noticed that a word has been wanted to replace the ugly expression ‘ambulance man’, ‘ambulance pupil’, &c., so I have ventured to coin a new word ‘First-Aider’ to supply the want. The definition of this word is—A person who has received a certificate from an authorised association that he (or she) is qualified to render first aid.

1897 Daily News 1 Oct. 7/2 There was a large attendance, and there appeared to be an abundance of willing ‘First Aiders’ thirsting to put their newly-acquired knowledge to a practical test.

1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft v. 101 The First Aider should keep cool.

2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 163 I stood up with the first aider helping me. My head felt light.