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.
St John Ambulance welcomes young people from the age of
12 onto all our community first aid courses. If
under the age of 16, you must
attend with a responsible adult member of the
family or guardian (two young people per adult).
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.
Road users first aid
This three hour course has been developed to give
confidence to all road users in knowing what to do at the
scene of a road accident. The course covers CPR,
spinal injury, shock and other necessary first aid skills.
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.