First Aid and Body Basics
Like Duolingo, but for First Aid and Body Basics. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in First Aid and Body Basics
- Pressure must be firm, direct, and continuous to allow clotting
- Blood that is spurting or pooling on the ground is a life-threatening emergency
- Lifting the cloth to check the wound interrupts the body's repair process
- Bleeding that cannot be controlled by direct pressure requires professional intervention
- Applying effective pressure to stop a bleed
- Identifying life-threatening bleeding that requires emergency help
- Loosening a tourniquet can cause fatal blood loss or release toxins into the bloodstream
- Debris must be removed with water to prevent infection
- Tourniquets should only be removed by medical professionals in a hospital setting
- The area around the wound must be dry for the adhesive or bandage to stay secure
- Proper use and risks of tourniquets
- The sequence of cleaning and covering a wound
- Narrow materials like wire or twine cut through skin rather than stopping blood
- Adding more layers is better than removing the original layer
- Distinguishing between effective and dangerous bandage techniques
- A person who can cough or speak has a partial blockage and should be encouraged to cough
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives First Aid and Body Basics the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Which of these signs tells you that a bleed has become a life-threatening emergency?
Get it right to open this lesson and 53 more in the app.
Where First Aid and Body Basics takes you
Learn how to handle common emergencies and understand how your body works. Gain the confidence to help others and make smart decisions about your health.
- 1
Handling Common Emergencies
- Stopping a Bleed
- Helping Someone Who Is Choking
- Treating Minor Burns
- What to Do for a Sprained Ankle
- Recognizing an Allergic Reaction
- 2
Checking Your Vital Signs
- How to Find a Pulse
- Measuring Body Temperature
- Understanding Blood Pressure Numbers
- 3
Talking to Your Doctor
- Describing Your Pain Clearly
- Keeping Track of Your Medications
- Asking the Right Questions
- Reading a Prescription Label
- 4
How Your Body Stays Healthy
- How Your Heart Pumps Blood
- The Way Your Lungs Breathe
- How Your Immune System Fights Germs
- How Your Brain Sends Signals
- The Basics of Digestion
- Why Sleep Heals the Body
4 sections · 18 units · 54 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
First Aid and Body Basics is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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