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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

Knife attack first aider Lauren and her father

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.

Read Lauren's story

Gary saves his mum

Tesco life-saver Gary Smith and his mother

Quick thinking Gary Smith used his first aid skills to save his own mother’s life – after she choked on a cracker.

Read Gary's story

First aiders save marathon runner

Marathon runner Joe Tanner recovers in hospital from his ordeal

Red Cross volunteers gave emergency resuscitation to save a young marathon runner who suffered a cardiac arrest and dramatically collapsed at the finishing line.

Read the runner's story

First aid hero makes a difference

The proud first aider

A young man with learning difficulties helped an elderly woman who had suffered a seizure – all thanks to his first aid training.

Read David's story

Young Mitchell saves Dad

First aid hero Mitchell Holmes (15)

When Mitchell Holmes' father suffered a sudden heart attack, the young first aider knew exacty what to do.

Read Mitchell's story

First aid heroine saves her mum!

First aid heroine saves mum

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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