first aid

noun [U]

Definition

› basic medical treatment that you give someone who is ill or injured in an emergency: The policeman gave him first aid before the ambulance arrived.

(Definition of first aid noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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