First aid in Netherlands
Everything First Aid Angel offers for Netherlands: free first aid guides, online courses, in-person training providers, first aid kits and the local emergency number.
Emergency number in Netherlands: 112
First aid in Netherlands: 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 Netherlands differs in a few places worth knowing.
- Guidelines
- Nederlandse Reanimatie Raad, 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
- HartslagNu alerts registered citizen responders to nearby cardiac arrests and maps public AEDs.
- 112 is the emergency number.
Training in Netherlands
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 Netherlands.
Learn, train and prepare in Netherlands
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 112 or your local emergency number first.