First Aid training

Find out how our specialist teams can help your business or organisation

We help businesses and organisations across the North East to equip their staff with first aid knowledge and lifesaving skills by delivering paramedic-led first aid and health and safety courses.

Since 2012, we’ve trained over 22,000 delegates from more than 1,400 businesses and organisations.

Expert training

Our award-wining First Aid Training Team delivers training in a number of areas, including:

  • Annual skills update
  • First aid at work
  • Emergency first aid at work
  • Automated defibrillator (AED) training
  • CPR and AED training
  • First responder on scene training
  • Immediate emergency care training
  • Mental health first aid.

We reinvest

When you choose us as your training provider, you’ll not only learn from the experts, you’ll also help us to raise valuable funds for our service, which we’ll invest back into our ambulances and crews. 

Some of the resources we’ve been able to invest in in recent years include:

  • A fully equipped rapid response vehicle
  • A paramedic
  • An ambulance care assistant
  • A call handler in our operations centre
  • A dispatch officer in our operations centre.

We’re always very grateful for the support we receive from our local business community.

For more information or to book a course:

North East Ambulance Service First Aid Training | 0300 777 2717 | firstresponder@neas.nhs.uk

Buying an Automated External Defibrillator

Buying an AED can be daunting due to the many different makes and models available. We have the technical knowledge and clinical experience to understand your requirements and guide you through the purchase process.

For technical advice or support, please email: firstresponder@neas.nhs.uk.

For sales (including private AED quotes), please email: commercial.development@neas.nhs.uk.