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Be Prepared: Essential First Aid

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Don't wait for an emergency to wish you knew what to do. This crucial list covers the fundamental first aid procedures that can make a life-saving difference in critical situations. Be prepared to help yourself and others.

What do you do if you're choking and you're by yourself. Your first response is going to be to cough and try to get it out. You're going to do that automatically. If its not on there, it's not coming out, then you need to do something more. Number on...

How to Give Yourself Heimlich Maneuver

This conscious adult choking lesson is for situations where you can see that an adult is choking and he or she is conscious. The choking victim will usually be exhibiting some unmistakable signs, including:

They cannot cough.
They cannot breathe.
They cannot speak.

Conscious Adult Choking

If a child is choking and conscious, signs include looking panicked, blue color around the lips, and the inability to talk, cough, or breathe. The child may do the universal choking sign with hands around their throat. Ask if the child needs help. Ge...

Conscious Child Choking

This conscious infant choking lesson is for situations where you can see that an infant is choking and he or she is conscious.

Conscious Infant Choking

In this lesson, we'll cover how to help an adult choking victim who is unconscious. In our fictional scenario, the adult victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.

Unconscious Adult Choking

In this lesson, you'll learn how to help a choking victim who is an unconscious child. Just as with our last fictional choking scenario, this victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.

Unconscious Child Choking

In this lesson, you'll learn how to help a choking victim who is an unconscious infant. And just like our last two fictional choking scenarios, this victim went unconscious while you were trying to help them.

Unconscious Infant Choking

Adult CPR is performed by first checking for responsiveness by tapping and shouting while looking at the face and chest for signs of breathing... If there is no response and no breathing, call emergency medical services (911). Perform 30 chest compre...

Adult CPR

Learn how to perform CPR on a child. Much of the process will look the same as adult CPR, but there are some subtle yet crucial differences to take note of.

Child CPR

In this lesson, you'll learn how to perform CPR on an infant. Much of the process will look the same as adult and child CPR, but again there are some subtle yet crucial differences to take note of – namely, the techniques for performing chest compres...

Infant CPR

Arterial bleeding is characterized by brighter red blood that may pulsate or spurt. Apply direct pressure with a dressing. If blood leaks through, apply more dressing on top. Never remove a dressing. If there are no bone fractures or spinal cord inju...

Bleeding Control: Arterial Bleeding

Capillary bleeding refers to superficial abrasion wounds. Treatment involves initial oozing control, cleaning, and after-treatment. First, you should dab off any excess blood. Second, clean with an aseptic solution such as hydrogen peroxide. Next, ap...

Bleeding Control: Capillary Bleeding

Venous bleeding is more severe than capillary bleeding, but is not under pressure like arterial bleeding. It is characterized by oozing or running of dark colored blood. You should first apply direct pressure with a bandage for 1-2 minutes. Do not li...

Bleeding Control: Venous Bleeding

Arterial bleeding is the most severe and urgent type of bleeding injury. It can occur due to a penetrating injury, blunt trauma, or from damage to organs or blood vessels.

Arterial Bleeding (Child)

Capillary bleeding has the classic appearance of a road rash type of wound. Anyone who has fallen off a bike or while playing sports likely has some experience with this type of bleeding injury.

Capillary Bleeding (Child)

Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable deaths due to a trauma. While venous bleeding is usually less serious than arterial bleeding, it still can pose a serious health risk to the victim. Venous bleeding can be the result of ext...

Venous Bleeding (Child)

Burns can range from minor to life-threatening, and the severity of the burn depends on the amount of skin burned and the depth of the burn. They’re classified by their severity: first-degree, second-degree, third-degree, and fourth-degree burns.

Burns | Rule of Nines, Types, Causes, Care

Treating musculoskeletal injuries, including broken bones, or fractures, sprains, strains, and dislocations, as part of First Aid care.

Musculoskeletal Injuries

Do you know how to help someone having a seizure? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to identify the 'do's and don'ts' in emergency first aid for seizures.

First aid for someone having a seizure

Do you know what the first aid advice is for someone having an asthma attack? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video so you can know how to help someone who's having an asthma attack.

How to help someone having an asthma attack

Would you know how to help someone having an anaphylactic allergic reaction? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to learn first aid for severe allergic reactions according to the First Aid Manual.

First aid for severe allergic reactions

Would you know how to help someone who is hyperventilating during a panic attack? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to learn first aid for a panic attack.

First aid for a panic attack or hyperventilation

Would you know what to do if someone has heat exhaustion? Watch this British Red Cross first aid online video to learn the recommended first aid treatment for heat exhaustion.

First aid treatment for heat exhaustion

Do you know the symptoms of hypothermia or how to warm up a hypothermic patient? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to learn basic first aid treatment of hypothermia.

First aid for someone with hypothermia

Would you know what to do if someone is having a stroke? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to learn how to spot when someone might be having a stroke and what to do next.

First aid for a stroke

Would you know what to do when someone is having a heart attack? Watch this British Red Cross video to learn about heart attack symptoms such as chest pain. Learn how to administer basic first aid treatment and when to call an ambulance.

First aid for someone having a heart attack

Do you know how to treat someone with a head injury? Watch this British Red Cross first aid online video to learn basic first aid for head injuries.

First aid for someone who has a head injury

Do you know what meningitis symptoms to look out for? Watch this British Red Cross training video to learn first aid for meningitis.

First aid for someone with meningitis

Would you know how to help someone who has swallowed something poisonous? Watch Mel's story in this British Red Cross video to learn first aid for poisoning and harmful substances. For example, swallowing of common household chemicals or a paracetamo...

When someone has taken a poisonous substance, it is important to act quickly and seek medical help right away. Call 999 and try to provide the following information:

What was taken?
How much was taken?
When was it taken?

This information will help emergency responders find the most effective treatment.

First aid for poisoning and harmful substances

Would you know how to help someone having a diabetic emergency? Watch this British Red Cross first aid training video to learn about low blood sugar emergencies and how to provide basic first aid.

First aid for diabetic emergencies

Do you know how to stop a nosebleed? Watch Debo's story to learn basic first aid for a nosebleed, and tips including where to pinch your nose and whether to tilt your head forward or back.

First aid for a nosebleed

In this video we will cover the First aid tips for snake bite scenarios. It will cover the First Aid - Do's and Don'ts, species of snakes, treatment related information, signs and symptoms of snake bite, precautions related to snake bite, etc.

This video will also cover the species responsible for snake bites and also the difference about neurotoxic and cardiotoxic snake venom.

Snake Bite First Aid

A common jellyfish sting should be treated by rubbing wet sand on the area and using solutions from a first-aid kit, including vinegar, ammonia and aloe vera gel. Use ammonia to treat jellyfish stings with tips from a street firefighter in this free ...

First Aid Tips : How to Treat Jellyfish Stings

The common bee sting is a painful occurrence that should be treated by removing the stinger, cleaning the area and applying ice to reduce swelling. Use aloe vera gel to relieve the pain of a bee sting with tips from a street firefighter in this free ...

First Aid Tips : How to Relieve a Bee Sting

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals.[1] Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure.[1] These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: violent mo...

Rabies, Causes, SIgn and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.