First Aid and Emergency Response

Assess, act and hand over in the first critical minutes.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Your role as a first aider, and where it stops
2. 1.2 Scene safety, and your own safety first
3. 1.3 Consent, capacity, and acting in an emergency
4. 1.4 Calling for help and giving clear information
1. 2.1 A systematic approach
2. 2.2 Response and airway
3. 2.3 Breathing and circulation
4. 2.4 The recovery position
1. 3.1 Recognising cardiac arrest
2. 3.2 Chest compressions and rescue breaths
3. 3.3 Using a defibrillator
4. 3.4 Choking in adults and in children
1. 4.1 Controlling severe bleeding
2. 4.2 Dressings and bandaging
3. 4.3 Embedded objects
4. 4.4 Wound care and infection risk
1. 5.1 Bone, joint and muscle injury
2. 5.2 Head, neck and spinal injury
3. 5.3 Burns and scalds
4. 5.4 Eye, chest and abdominal injury
1. 6.1 Recognising chest pain and stroke
2. 6.2 Seizures
3. 6.3 Diabetic emergencies
4. 6.4 Fainting, shock and severe allergic reaction
1. 7.1 Heat and cold emergencies
2. 7.2 Drowning and electrical incidents
3. 7.3 Poisoning and harmful substances
4. 7.4 Bites and stings
1. 8.1 Handing over to the emergency services
2. 8.2 Recording what you did
3. 8.3 Incident reporting and restocking
4. 8.4 The emotional impact, and debriefing

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Job-ready from the first module Everything here is a task you will actually be asked to do at work, not theory you will never use.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Pre-degree / Foundation for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.