medical aid
Treatment from professionals
Medical aid is assistance provided to treat illness or injury—whether supplies, personnel, or services.
It ranges from first aid at an accident scene to humanitarian relief in disaster zones: Doctors Without Borders delivered medical aid to the region.
In some countries, particularly South Africa, medical aid refers to health insurance or a health coverage plan: Which medical aid are you on?
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
- field hospitalTemporary military medical facility
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- disaster reliefAssistance following catastrophic events
hospitals · health insurance · defibrillator · life support · vaccination · trauma care · paramedics · surgical team · Medicaid · CPR · clinics · emergency response · immunization · combat medic · medevac helicopter · health screening · nursing homes · prenatal care
- Aid terms
- health servicespatient care, pediatric care, home care, pediatrics, nursing care
- Aid OrganizationsRed Cross, ICRC, UNICEF, UNHCR, IRC
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
medical aidinjury
Physical or psychological harm
bodily harm · poisoning · assault · wounding · torture
medical aidmedical neglect
Failure to provide healthcare
abandonment · non-intervention · inaction · medical malpractice · passive euthanasia
medical aidhome remedies
Informal household cures
folk medicine · quackery · self-treatment · traditional remedies · old wives' tales