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

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.

This is a fabulous little app. There's quizzes In here. Why not have an evening of learning and quizzing. Using this app has reminded me of those little things it's easy to forget and not know you have. I've been a first aider from my Army days. I've found the quizzes bring the learning alive. If you get answers wrong be glad you did. You'll learn more by trying making mistakes. It's a great internal confidence boost.

It is good if you want to follow a first aid course. But it would be even better if you could use a search bar to search for a condition and how to treat it, eg I couldn't find how to treat dislocated fingers. The link to the Get Our Emergency app doesn't work either. So a good start but could be better with some additions.

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.