The British Red Cross educates people in life-saving skills, enabling them to respond to emergencies in their communities.
For first aid courses for schools, youth organisations and young people under 18 please download the information sheet or contact Mike Baxter on 07738 944571 or mbaxter@redcross.org.uk
Public first aid courses are arranged regularly around Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Surrey. All courses issue certificates which are valid for three years. Students must be able to kneel to take part in courses. These courses do not qualify for first aid at work.
See our list of planned first aid courses in Hampshire.
For group bookings or more information please contact:
hantsiowsurreytraining@redcross.org.uk
Tel: 01483 749 066
Save a life (2 hours)
This course covers emergency resuscitation.
How to assess the situation and treat:
- an unconscious casualty
- a casualty with no breathing or heart beat
Cost £20 (including VAT & guidance card)
Course dates
Emergency life support (4 hours)
This course covers first aid for adults, but can be adapted, on request, to cover babies and children instead.
How to assess the situation and treat:
- an unconscious casualty
- a casualty with no breathing or heart beat
- bleeding and shock.
Suitable for anyone who wishes to learn basic life support procedures.
Cost £30 (including VAT & booklet)
Cost £40 (including VAT & booklet or small first aid kit) - with infant and child modules
Course dates
Basic first aid (7 hours/1 day)
This is a practical course covering life threatening situations and some major illnesses.
How to assess the situation and treat:
- an unconscious casualty
- a casualty with no breathing or heart beat
- bleeding and shock
- burns and scalds
- broken bones
Suitable for people who want to learn first aid to cover the more common emergencies.
Cost £55 (including VAT and booklet)
Course dates
Practical first aid (14 hours/2 days)
This course has a high practical content with minimum theoretical input.
How to assess the situation and treat:
- an unconscious casualty
- a casualty with no breathing or heart beat
- bleeding and shock
- burns and scalds
- broken bones
- infants and children
- minor injuries
- major illness
Suitable for anyone who wants to learn the practical application of first aid for use in the home or leisure interests.
Cost - £90 (including VAT and practical first aid manual)
Currently there are no course dates available
Looking after other people's children - a guide to babysitting
This course has been developed to provide young people with the skills and knowledge to become better babysitters and learn to either prevent or cope with emergency situations. The course includes modules on Babysitting and the law, accident prevention, fire safety, looking after babies & children, first aid and dealing with challenging babysitting situations.
We run the course over 2 days in Winchester and Woking at cost of £40 per person (including VAT). Dates for 2010 can be found on the babysitting pages
Schools will also find information about how they can run the course themselves on this site. We can run the first aid section, information is available to download on this page.
Contact:
mbaxter@redcross.org.uk
Tel: 07738 944571
Hampshire Branch
British Red Cross
78-80 Walton Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 5DW
01483 749 066
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