Training courses for the general public

We have developed a new range of first aid courses designed to meet the needs of home or leisure activitities. Just three hours is all it takes to learn how to save a life.

Emergency life support

Our emergency life support course takes just three hours to complete and will give you the essential skills to save a life - including CPR. It is available in three formats:

Basic first aid

This course is about everyday first aid: cuts and scrapes, minor burns and scalds. It takes three hours. (This course does not include CPR)

The Emergency life support and Basic first aid courses are also available as a combined course:

Family first aid

This course is for families to learn first aid together. The course covers the same content as Basic first aid and also includes asthma, heart attacks, serious bleeding and burns, anaphylactic shock, seizures and strokes. The course takes six hours.

Activity first aid

This course takes 16 hours and includes all the content of Emergency life support, Basic first aid and family first aid course. It also covers conditions caused by the extremes of temperature, low blood sugar and casualty management.

Emergency aid for motorcyclists

This course has been specifically designed for motorcyclists and covers emergency life support skills plus crash helmet removal and head injuries.

Anaphylaxis first aid

This course is for anyone who needs training in how and when to use an auto injector in the treatment of anaphylaxis.

Sports first aid

This course will give you all the necessary first aid skills to deal with a whole range of sporting injuries.