First aid in Italy
Everything First Aid Angel offers for Italy: free first aid guides, online courses, in-person training providers, first aid kits and the local emergency number.
Emergency number in Italy: 112
First aid in Italy: 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 Italy differs in a few places worth knowing.
- Guidelines
- Italian Resuscitation Council, following the European Resuscitation Council — 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).
- Defibrillators
- Law 116/2021 expanded public AED placement and confirmed that anyone may use one in an emergency.
- 112 is the emergency number; 118 still reaches ambulance services in some regions.
In the languages of Italy
First aid guides translated into Italiano.
Training in Italy
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 Italy.
Learn, train and prepare in Italy
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.