First aid in United Arab Emirates
Everything First Aid Angel offers for United Arab Emirates: free first aid guides, online courses, in-person training providers, first aid kits and the local emergency number.
Emergency number in United Arab Emirates: 998
First aid in United Arab Emirates: what to know
Our guides follow the Australian (ANZCOR) guidelines. CPR is the same everywhere — 30 compressions to 2 breaths at 100–120 per minute, and use a defibrillator as soon as one arrives — but training in United Arab Emirates differs in a few places worth knowing.
- Guidelines
- National guidelines follow the American Heart Association — AHA guidelines; the steps match ours except where noted here.
- Choking
- For a conscious adult who cannot cough, breathe or speak: abdominal thrusts (the Heimlich manoeuvre) until the blockage clears; some training bodies teach cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts. Our guides describe the Australian method (back blows and chest thrusts).
- 998 reaches ambulance services; 999 reaches police.
Training in United Arab Emirates
In-person first aid courses from education providers listed in our directory.
Online courses
Learn at your own pace and finish with a certificate of completion.
First aid kits
Kits available for Europe & Middle East.
Local emergency details
Emergency numbers, languages and crisis lines for United Arab Emirates.
Learn, train and prepare in United Arab Emirates
Free guides to read now, local training, online courses, and the kit to have ready.
Free first aid guides
Kits and defibrillators
First Aid Angel never replaces emergency services. In an emergency call 998 or your local emergency number first.