First aid learning for young people aged 11 – 18

Welcome to First aid champions, where you’ll learn important first aid skills.

Explore up to 17 different first aid skills with films, activities and quizzes.  You’ll learn first aid in simple steps, with a key action to take so you can easily remember what to do when someone needs help. 

As well as learning and practising first aid skills, you’ll find out about helping others, safety and well-being. There are also tips to help you remember what you have learned and ideas for sharing your learning with others.

Introduction to the Red Cross

As well as teaching people first aid, the Red Cross helps people in the UK and around the world in other ways. Watch the film about Henri Dunant starting the Red Cross Movement, and the work it does internationally.

Think, pair, share

Think about the role of kindness and helping others in first aid. Should everyone get the help they need in an emergency? Write down your ideas in response to the questions below, or discuss with a partner.

• Is it important to help others?
• What does first aid mean?
• What personal qualities do you have that might enable you to help others?
• What might stop someone from helping another person? How might they overcome this?
• Does helping others and learning first aid change our community or society?