First aid by British Red Cross

British Red Cross

About this app

Free, simple and life-saving, this app teaches vital first aid skills and gives you the confidence to save a life.

Know what to do in an emergency with the British Red Cross’s official First aid app. With videos, quizzes and simple step-by-step advice, it’s never been easier to learn first aid. Get this essential app on your phone now and start learning and testing your knowledge.

This app works when you are offline – no internet connection is needed - making it an invaluable, free life-saving tool.

Ratings and reviews

This is a brilliant app! you can learn Basic first aid without going on a course which you keep meaning to organise! definitely gives you more confidence in being prepared to help someone in trouble!

Simple digestible nuggets that can be followed even when in the middle of an emergency.

I'm a bit concerned about the clarity of information on this app. For example, it explains that if someone is having difficulty breathing and is unresponsive, they must be turned on their "side and head tilted back". That sounds like a very difficult and contradictory position to get the body into, especially when the diagram shows them lying on their back, NOT their side. Very irresponsible instructions.

What’s new

We’re always making changes and improvements to the First aid app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.