Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero Online distance learning

Get an introduction to basic first aid, including how to help someone who is choking, with this first aid course.
- Length: 2 weeks; 1 hour per week
- Start date: anytime
- Introductory; leads to further study opportunities
Why this course
Intended learning outcomes
- Explain why first aid is a vital skill and know when to apply it
- Describe how to recognize and manage the breathing unconscious patient
- Describe how to recognize and manage the non-breathing unconscious patient
- Summarise how to help someone who is choking
- Describe how to manage an acute bleed
- Discuss how to build on first aid knowledge through other resources
How to register
The course is hosted on an external learning platform, Futurelearn.
Register nowRegistration for this course is free, with free time-limited access to content: charges may apply for additional features and extended study.