CPR and First Aid

About CPR and First Aid

These are real moments when someone collapsed or choked and an ordinary person nearby stepped in. You will see shop owners, bus conductors, nurses, gym members and passers-by giving CPR, using a defibrillator or clearing a blocked throat while help was on its way.

What can you safely do? If a person does not respond and is not breathing normally, call 108 or 112, or ask someone else to call, and send another person to fetch an AED. Put the heel of your hand in the centre of the chest and push hard and fast, about 5 to 6 cm deep, 100 to 120 times a minute, letting the chest come fully up each time. Keep going until the person breathes normally, an AED is ready to use or trained help takes over. If an adult is choking and cannot cough, speak or breathe, give up to five firm back blows, then up to five abdominal thrusts, and call 112 if it does not clear.

These videos are not training, and watching a clip is no substitute for a first-aid course. Please learn CPR hands-on from a trained instructor. We pick public YouTube videos that match a reported incident and can be played here. We avoid graphic footage, but we cannot promise every frame is gentle, so use your judgement before you press play. Where a lesson goes beyond what the video shows, we mark it as general guidance. Our guides on hands-only CPR, heart attack warning signs and AEDs are linked at the bottom of this page.