First Aid Training for the Public

We offer a variety of first aid courses, taught in English by trained doctors, midwives and nurses. You will be taught the most up-to-date methods by experienced professionals who have had clinical experience in hospitals and doctor’s surgeries.

Book your First Aid Course for the Swiss Driver’s Licence

This is the obligatory certified First Aid course required for the driving licence in Switzerland (also known as the Samaritan course or Samariter Nothelferkurs). It is taught in English by qualified doctors, midwives, and nurses.

Book your Saving Lives: CPR and Emergency First Aid for All

This four-hour course carries a HealthFirst Certificate of Attendance and builds essential knowledge and skills in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation and life-threatening medical emergency situations including choking First Aid and how to help an unconscious baby, child, or adult. The opportunity for hands-on practise brings the training alive.

Book your Saving Little Lives: CPR and Emergency First Aid for Babies

Our Saving Little Lives training teaches you vital skills about what to do in an emergency involving a baby from newborn and during the first year of life. Empower yourself with life-saving CPR skills that could make all the difference. Topics covered include CPR, the Recovery Position, seizures and choking. This course is ideal for prospective and new parents and carers of babies under the age of 1.

Book your First Aid for Little Ones: Training for Parents and Caregivers

Our First Aid for Little Ones training is a four-hour course covering essential first aid for accidents and serious illnesses that toddlers and young children may have. The combination of theory and practise will equip you to respond in a variety of medical situations including head injuries, burns, and serious allergic reactions.

Training by healthcare professionals

Could you help if someone stops breathing, has a heart attack, is choking or has extensive burns? We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to know what to do in a medical emergency. People with some basic knowledge and skills can save lives and reduce the impact of an injury or illness.

Our trainers are practising doctors, nurses, or midwives. We bring our courses alive by drawing on our medical knowledge and experience. Every session is packed with useful, relatable, and vital information.

We regularly run face-to-face courses in Basel, Zurich, Zug, Bern and Geneva and also offer the Saving Young Lives training online.

Frequently asked questions

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The CPR and Emergency First Aid which I took was brilliant.

“Our trainer did a wonderful job at delivering the course at a great pace. She provided excellent examples and helpful hints all through the course. She was always available to answers all our questions. It was invaluable way to spend 4 hours to get my first aid knowledge up to date with the latest techniques.”

Tracey Bruton

I absolutely loved it!

“I recently took a half-day CPR and Emergency First Aid Training. Overall a very effective short course on basic life support in case of emergencies that left me with refreshed knowledge, stronger skills, very useful support material, and the desire to take a more comprehensive course.”

Maddalena Fumagilli

We would highly recommend this course to parents and grandparents alike.

“We received online First Aid training in CPR, and dealing with unconsciousness and choking for babies up to the age of one, to help us to deal with emergencies that may arise while looking after our grandchildren. The course has given us much more confidence in how to deal with emergencies.”

Robert Preston

I would definitely recommend Health First and will use them again.

“I was a little apprehensive about doing a first aid course via Zoom, however, it worked so well. The trainer, Nurse Polly, was excellent. Very clear and precise and she kept it very interesting and under control without deviations.”

Julie Ann Thompson

First Aid Training Courses in English