First aid true stories
| Do you really need to learn first aid skills? How useful could they be in your everyday life? Read our true stories and see for yourself.
Young first aid hero helps knife victim
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First aid novice Lauren Knubbley, 17, showed how a little training can go a long way when she gave vital treatment to a knife wound victim under very difficult circumstances.
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Quick thinking Gary Smith used his first aid skills to save his own mother’s life – after she choked on a cracker.
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First aiders save marathon runner
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Red Cross volunteers gave emergency resuscitation to save a young marathon runner who suffered a cardiac arrest and dramatically collapsed at the finishing line.
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First aid hero makes a difference
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A young man with learning difficulties helped an elderly woman who had suffered a seizure – all thanks to his first aid training.
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When Mitchell Holmes' father suffered a sudden heart attack, the young first aider knew exacty what to do.
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First aid heroine saves her mum!
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A woman with learning difficulties knew she could count on her first aid skills when her mother had a heart attack.
Read Tracy's story | |
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