First aid in Ireland
Everything First Aid Angel offers for Ireland: free first aid guides, online courses, in-person training providers, first aid kits and the local emergency number.
Emergency number in Ireland: 112
First aid in Ireland: 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 Ireland differs in a few places worth knowing.
- Guidelines
- Irish Heart Foundation and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) — ERC guidelines; the steps match ours except where noted here.
- Choking
- For a conscious adult who cannot cough, breathe or speak: up to 5 back blows between the shoulder blades, then up to 5 abdominal thrusts, alternating until the blockage clears. Our guides describe the Australian method (chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts).
- Helping is protected
- The Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 protects volunteers and bystanders who give emergency assistance in good faith.
- 112 and 999 both reach the emergency services.
Training in Ireland
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 UK & Ireland.
Local emergency details
Emergency numbers, languages and crisis lines for Ireland.
Learn, train and prepare in Ireland
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 112 or your local emergency number first.