Meanings
nounfirst aid (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineBasic medical care that is administered to a victim of an injury, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is unavailable.
He slipped and fell under the wagon's wheels, losing his left leg. His presence of mind was quite amazing. The report notes that Webb's knowledge of first aid probably saved his life, and he was able to instruct others who came to help him.
2022 August 10, Dr Mike Esbester, “New understandings from old incidents”, in RAIL, number 963, pages 58–59
Translations
Arabic إِسْعَافَات أَوَّلِيَّة, إِسْعَاف أَوَّلِيّ
- إِسْعَافَات أَوَّلِيَّة (ʔisʕāfāt ʔawwaliyya)basic care
- إِسْعَاف أَوَّلِيّ (ʔisʕāf ʔawwaliyy)basic care
Basque lehen sorospen, lehen laguntza
- lehen sorospenbasic care
- lehen laguntzabasic care
Bengali প্রাথমিক চিকিৎসা, ফার্স্ট এইড
- প্রাথমিক চিকিৎসা (prathomik cikitśa)basic care
- ফার্স্ট এইড (pharsṭ eiḍ)basic care
Bulgarian пъ́рва по́мощ
- пъ́рва по́мощ (pắrva pómošt)basic care
Catalan primers auxilis
- primers auxilisbasic care
Chinese Cantonese 急救
- 急救 (gap¹ gau³)basic care
Chinese Mandarin 急救
- 急救 (jíjiù)basic care
Czech první pomoc
- první pomocbasic care
Danish førstehjælp
- førstehjælpbasic care
Dutch eerste hulp, EHBO
- eerste hulpbasic care
- EHBObasic care
Esperanto unua helpo
- unua helpobasic care
Estonian esmaabi
- esmaabibasic care
Finnish ensiapu, ensihoito
- ensiapubasic care
- ensihoitobasic care
French premiers secours, premiers soins
- premiers secoursbasic care
- premiers soinsbasic care
German Erste Hilfe, Nothilfe
- Erste Hilfebasic care
- Nothilfebasic care
- Unfallhilfebasic care
Greek πρώτες βοήθειες
- πρώτες βοήθειες (prótes voḯtheies)basic care
Hebrew עֶזרָה רִאשׁוֹנָה
- עֶזרָה רִאשׁוֹנָה (ezrá rishoná)basic care
Hindi प्रथमोपचार
- प्रथमोपचार (prathmopcār)basic care
Hungarian elsősegély
- elsősegélybasic care
Icelandic skyndihjálp
- skyndihjálpbasic care
Indonesian pertolongan pertama
- pertolongan pertamabasic care
Irish garchabhair
- garchabhairbasic care
Italian primo soccorso
- primo soccorsobasic care
Japanese 救急, 応急処置
- 救急 (kyūkyū)basic care
- 応急処置 (ōkyūshochi)basic care
- 救護 (kyūgo)basic care
- 応急措置 (ōkyūsochi)basic care
Korean 구급, 응급처치
- 구급 (gugeup)basic care
- 응급처치 (eunggeupcheochi)basic care
Latvian pirmā palīdzība
- pirmā palīdzībabasic care
Lithuanian pirmoji pagalba
- pirmoji pagalbabasic care
Malay pertolongan cemas
- pertolongan cemasbasic care
Norwegian Bokmål førstehjelp
- førstehjelpbasic care
Polish pierwsza pomoc
- pierwsza pomocbasic care
Portuguese primeiros socorros
- primeiros socorrosbasic care
Romanian prim ajutor
- prim ajutorbasic care
Russian пе́рвая по́мощь
- пе́рвая по́мощь (pérvaja pómoščʹ)basic care
Scottish Gaelic ciad-fhuasgladh
- ciad-fhuasgladhbasic care
Slovak prvá pomoc
- prvá pomocbasic care
Spanish primeros auxilios
- primeros auxiliosbasic care
Swahili huduma ya kwanza
- huduma ya kwanzabasic care
Swedish första hjälpen
- första hjälpenbasic care
Tagalog paunang lunas, unang lunas
- paunang lunasbasic care
- unang lunasbasic care
- kagyat na lunasbasic care
- paunang tulong-panlunasbasic care
Tamil முதலுதவி
- முதலுதவி (mutalutavi)basic care
Thai ปฐมพยาบาล
- ปฐมพยาบาล (bpà-tǒm-pá-yaa-baan)basic care
Turkish ilk yardım
- ilk yardımbasic care
Ukrainian пе́рша допомо́га
- пе́рша допомо́га (pérša dopomóha)basic care
Urdu اِبْتِدائی طِبّی اِمْداد, فوری امداد
- اِبْتِدائی طِبّی اِمْداد (ibtidāī tibbī imdād)basic care
- فوری امداد (faurī-imdād)basic care
Vietnamese sơ cấp cứu, sơ cứu
- sơ cấp cứubasic care
- sơ cứubasic care
Welsh cymorth cyntaf
- cymorth cyntafbasic care
Yiddish גיכע הילף
- גיכע הילף (gikhe hilf)basic care
Cite this entry
APA
first aid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20aid
MLA
“first aid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20aid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “first aid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20aid.
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