First aid in Australia
Everything First Aid Angel offers for Australia: free first aid guides, online courses, in-person training providers, first aid kits and the local emergency number.
Emergency number in Australia: 000
First aid in Australia: 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 Australia differs in a few places worth knowing.
- Guidelines
- Australian Resuscitation Council (ANZCOR guidelines) — the same guidelines our knowledge base is written to.
- Choking
- For a conscious adult or child who cannot cough, breathe or speak: up to 5 sharp back blows between the shoulder blades, then up to 5 chest thrusts, repeating until the blockage clears. Abdominal thrusts are not taught.
- Defibrillators
- Ambulance services in several states alert registered GoodSAM responders to nearby cardiac arrests; many AEDs are listed in state ambulance registries.
- Helping is protected
- Every state and territory has Good Samaritan legislation protecting people who help in good faith in an emergency.
- Snake bite is treated with the pressure-immobilisation technique, which is specific to Australia.
- Our knowledge base is written to these guidelines, so nothing needs translating for Australian readers.
In the languages of Australia
First aid guides translated into 普通话, 廣東話, العربية, Tiếng Việt, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Ελληνικά, Italiano, Kriol, Yolŋu Matha, Pitjantjatjara, Arrernte and Yumplatok.
Online courses in 普通话.
Training in Australia
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 Australia.
Local emergency details
Emergency numbers, languages and crisis lines for Australia.
Learn, train and prepare in Australia
Free guides to read now, local training, online courses, and the kit to have ready.
Free first aid guides
First Aid Angel never replaces emergency services. In an emergency call 000 or your local emergency number first.