First Aid

First aid at your fingertips

With our British Red Cross first aid apps you’re only two taps away from learning how to help someone in a first aid emergency.

Coronavirus first aid advice

We are working to ensure our first aid advice follows best practice guidance. Please always consider your own personal safety first when delivering first aid. 

Adult Education (19+)

Are you interested in learning essential first aid skills? Do you want to explore how to build confidence and coping skills? If so, our adult digital classrooms are the place for you. 

First aid champions

First aid champions is our new first aid teaching site for learners ages 5-18. Discover activities to teach first aid skills, kindness and wellbeing through engaging films, PowerPoints and quizzes.

True stories

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

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.

First aid blog posts

You’ll find seasonal first aid tips, inspiring true stories and more in our first aid blog posts.

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.