First Aid

Simple actions save lives.

Would you know what to do if someone was bleeding heavily? This World First Aid Day, we're helping the nation learn simple skills that could save a life.

World First Aid Day - First aid: Bleeding heavily

Learn first aid skills online

Want to learn the key skills to use in an emergency? Our up-to-date advice is simple to learn and easy to remember.

Adult:

First aid for someone who is choking

First aid for someone who is bleeding heavily

First aid for someone who is unresponsive and breathing

First aid for someone who is having an epileptic seizure

First aid for someone who is unresponsive and not breathing

Baby and child:

First aid for a baby who is choking

First aid for a baby or child who is bleeding heavily

First aid for a baby who is unresponsive and breathing

First aid for a baby or child who is having an epileptic seizure

First aid for a baby who is unresponsive and not breathing

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See all baby and child skills

Book a first aid course

Whether you need to learn first aid for work or want to know how to help friends or family, find a course to suit you.

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First aid apps

First aid apps

First aid at your fingertips

You’re only two taps away from learning how to help someone in a first aid emergency. The free British Red Cross apps allow you to learn simple first aid skills at a time to suit you.

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Help children and young people learn first aid

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Life. Live it.

Help children to learn first aid through interactive activities, film scenarios, information sheets and quizzes.

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First aid learning for young people

First aid learning for young people

Help young people develop the skills and confidence to help in a first aid situation.

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First aid courses for organisations supporting vulnerable people

We work with organisations that support older people, homeless people and those living with drug and alcohol addiction. We provide tailored first aid education for the specific first aid situations they may face. Find out about first aid courses for organisations supporting vulnerable people.

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Up your game

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Sports first aid

Could you help someone in a sports first aid emergency? Up your game with our simple sports first aid skills.

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First aid products

Get high-quality first aid kits, AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators), manuals and learning materials from the British Red Cross.

Buy approved first aid products

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True stories

Have you helped someone with first aid? Share your own story with us and read our real-life first aid stories.

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Only one in 20

Just one in 20 people would know what to do in a first aid emergency, British Red Cross research has found.

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Learn and share your first aid skills

If you can learn one simple first aid skill and share it with others, you can help us save more lives.

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Don’t stop at 999

Up to 59 per cent of deaths from injury may have been prevented if first aid was given before the emergency services arrived.

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