First Aid at your fingertips

With its first-ever, free and life-saving app, the British Red Cross empowers smartphone users across the world to act in an emergency. The app features simple, easy-to-understand advice on 18 everyday first aid scenarios, as well as tips on how to prepare for emergencies, from severe winter weather to road traffic accidents.
 
Available for Apple, Android and Blackberry, the innovative free app features videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice – allowing users to save lives at a swipe of their touchscreens.
 
The information, including videos, is all hosted on the app itself, meaning no internet connection is needed, making it fast and easy to access.
 
Studies by the the British Red Cross show that, although 81 per cent of people believe everyone should know basic first aid, just half of those surveyed felt confident they would be able to help if someone collapsed in front of them.
 
The Red Cross encourages everybody to take the responsibility to learn first aid before an emergency strikes. This app makes their knowledge and experience in first aid readily accessible to smartphone users who can also learn first aid at a time that suits them.
 
The current version of the app contains apt advice for the Christmas and holiday seasons. It also features winter weather tips on response and preparedness of the cold season. These are in line with the Ready for Winter campaign which has been launched by the Red Cross to get the public to arm themselves with essentials in the event of a cold snap.
 
To download the British Red Cross first aid app, use the Quick Response (QR) codes at redcross.org.uk/app or find it on iTunes AppStore, Android Market or Blackberry Appworld.