
Emily introduces the family first aid course for adults, children, and babies, emphasizing vital life-saving first aid skills, including CPR and handling choking, bleeding, burns, poisoning, and meningitis.
Plan for emergencies by using a medical id on your smartphone to store emergency contacts and medical info, trigger quick calls to emergency services, and share location with contacts.
Learn primary survey for danger and airway in an unconscious casualty, assess response, call for help, then head-to-toe secondary survey and recovery position to keep the airway open.
Learn adult CPR essentials: assess scene and responsiveness, call emergency services, perform 30 chest compressions at 5–6 cm and 100–120 bpm, and deliver 2 rescue breaths. Prepare for an AED.
Learn child and adolescent CPR: assess safety, respond, call emergency medical services, open the airway, check breathing, give five rescue breaths, then 15 chest compressions and 2 breaths at 100–120/min.
Master infant CPR with step-by-step guidance on safe scene setup, rescue breaths, 15 chest compressions with two breaths, and when to call emergency services.
Learn how an AED defibrillates to interrupt abnormal heart rhythms, provides early defibrillation prompts, and guides CPR and potential shocks until help arrives.
Perform adult CPR with an AED by ensuring scene safety, calling EMS, performing 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths, applying pads correctly, and following shock prompts.
Learn CPR for adults, children, and drowning victims: five rescue breaths, then thirty compressions and two breaths or fifteen compressions and two breaths if trained, with barrier and airway care.
Recognize heart attack symptoms, including chest pain radiating to the jaw, neck, arm, or back, with shortness of breath and anxiety, call emergency services, and place them in W position.
Stroke occurs when brain blood supply is blocked or bleeds, with ischemic and hemorrhagic types; recognize TIAs and use the fast signs, then call emergency services.
learn to recognize complete vs mild airway obstruction in adults and apply up to five back slaps and up to five abdominal thrusts, calling emergency medical services if needed.
Explore choking response for children, identical to adults: identify mild versus complete obstruction, perform back slaps and abdominal thrusts, call EMS, and begin CPR if the person loses breathing.
Learn how to respond to an infant choking by calling emergency services, delivering five back slaps and five chest thrusts, and repeating the sequence until the airway clears.
Learn to treat bleeding by cleaning the wound, applying pressure, and dressing it, using PPE and a first aid kit, with steps for head injuries to prevent hypovolvemic shock.
Learn essential first aid for small cuts, splinters, blisters, bites, and stings: clean wounds, apply plaster dressings, avoid bursting blisters, and monitor for allergic reactions or anaphylaxis.
Learn to manage embedded objects without removal, keep the wound still with dressings, preserve severed digits in ice, and seek emergency care promptly for bleeding, stitches, or shock.
learn to manage nosebleeds in children and adults using pinching the soft nasal tissue, leaning forward, applying pressure for up to 30 minutes, and knowing when to seek medical care.
Assess head injuries with the avpu scale, watch for concussion, skull fracture, and compression, and seek emergency care if symptoms worsen in those under 18, over 55, or living alone.
Learn to assess and manage burns using the scald framework: size, cause, age, location, and depth; cool with water, remove jewelry, and seek medical help when needed.
Learn to identify fracture types, including closed, open, complicated, and greenstick fractures, and immobilize safely with slings, know when to call an ambulance, and keep the casualty warm.
This course is full of knowledge and useful first aid information for all the family. Learning first aid is a must for all, by learning these vital lifesaving first aid skills you can make a difference to some ones life.
The course consists of videos that encourage you to practice the skills you are learning. There are numerous handouts you can download and keep for future reference as well as short tests to check your learning after various sections
The course covers first aid techniques for babies, children and Adults
Unconscious baby and child (breathing or not breathing) - Use of AED, Choking baby and child, Bleeding, Burns, Poisoning and Meningitis.
We will keep you entertained and engaged throughout and will always be on hand to help answer any questions you have - just email info@emtfirstaid.com or use the Q&A section. The course is fully compatible with all computers and mobile devices. You will be able to stop and start as often as you like.
Certification:
Upon completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate provided by UDEMY.
Learning first aid is a must for all, by learning these vital lifesaving first aid skills you can make a difference to some ones life.
EMT First Aid provides this course for guidance and it is not in any way a substitute for medical advice. EMT First Aid is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made, or actions taken based on this course. We strongly recommend that you attend a practical First Aid course to understand what to do in a medical emergency.
Please be aware that the information is correct at the time of filming February 2026 and relates only to UK Resuscitation and First Aid guidelines. If you are outside the UK please refer to your countries guidelines and governing board