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An athlete is injured on the field. His teammates see that the injury is moderately swollen, and the athlete reports that the area is numb. What is the first thing that his teammates should do?
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An athlete is injured on the field. His teammates see that the injury is moderately swollen, and the athlete reports that the area is numb. What is the first thing that his teammates should do?

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Elevate the area if it can be done without further injury and get an adult
User Gopi K Mishra
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they need to get some ice, that will help from getting more swollen 
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