First Aid Course Listing

The Irish Red Cross offers a variety of training courses. You will find a list of training courses below. If you are interested in taking part in a training course you can browse our calendar of courses to check availability in your area or submit a training course booking form. For further information on any of the courses listed, please contact your local branch.

Practical First Aid

A 12 hour course which is suitable for members of the public with an interest in learning first aid, for youth groups, transition year students and for workplaces who already have the required number of Occupational First Aiders in place. Certificates are valid for three years.

Practical First Aid Refresher Course

A one day, or two evenings, refresher course for those whose practical or basic first aid cert is about to expire. Practical First Aid Certs are valid for three years and recertification is strongly recommended after those three years.

Maire Geary gives first aid to Zac Hennessy at the National Red Cross First Aid finals for the President's Perpetual Trophy. May 2006 at the University of Limerick. Photo: Jean Pierre Launay

Occupational First Aid

A three day course, fulfils the Health and Safety Authority Requirements for first aiders at work. Follows the syllabus as set down by the Health and Safety Authority. Additional site specific modules can be added if required. More information on Occupational First Aid

Occupational First Aid Refresher Course

A one day refresher course, for anyone whose occupational first aid cert needs to be renewed. In keeping with Health and Safety Legislation, you can only participate in a refresher course if your certificate expired within the last three months. If your certificate is more than three months out of date you must redo the full course.

Basic Life Support Course

A 4 hour course which goes through choking and CPR for adults, children and infants. Suitable for interested members of the public, for parents, healthcare workers and childcare workers.

The Irish Red Cross is also a training site for the Irish Heart Foundation and can offer any of the Basic Life Support courses accredited by the Irish Heart Foundation which are as follows:

  • Family and Friends CPR
  • Heartsaver CPR
  • Heartsaver CPR/AED
  • Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support/AED

Alison O'Shea gives first aid to Maria Murphy at the Irish Red Cross Competition in Heywood Community College. County Laois. October 2005. Photo: Jean-Pierre Launay

Alison O'Shea gives first aid to Maria Murphy at the Irish Red Cross Competition in Heywood Community College. County Laois. October 2005.

Public Access Defibrillation:

Training in the use of an advisory external defibrillator, AED. Suitable for anyone who has access to an AED. If there’s one in your workplace, there should be trained users!!

The Irish Red Cross is in a position to give you advice in relation to getting a defibrillator for your workplace, club or community. We can offer you training on its' own or a complete package which includes a defibrillator, a wall mounted box, training, spare electrode pads, back up and support.

Manual Handling and Risk Assessment:

A manual handling course which covers the theory and practise of both inanimate, (not living objects such as boxes), and animate, (people), manual handling. All our manual handling instructors have been trained by the National Ambulance Training College and our course is suitable for all workers including healthcare workers.