United Kingdom Edition

First Aid When Help Is Delayed

Bleeding, Burns, CPR, Choking and Sudden Illness: What to Do Until Help Arrives

by the 21R6 Editions team

What to do until help arrives.

Collection

Ready When It Matters, book 6

Format

Paperback, 166 pages

ISBN

979-8165042607

Published

2026

Availability

Available now

Most first aid assumes an ambulance is minutes away. In a storm, a flood, deep snow, a long power cut or a winter of extreme pressure on the NHS, it can take hours.

This clear, fact-checked guide follows current UK guidance to show what to do first, how to keep someone safe while you wait, and when to keep pressing for help.

Inside: how the UK's emergency services decide who is seen first; the first checks, CPR and using a defibrillator, for adults, children and babies; choking, severe bleeding, wounds, burns and electric shock; breaks, sprains, head injuries, heart attack, stroke and seizures; heat illness, hypothermia, frostbite and cold water; caring for someone at home for hours or days; children, older people, mental health, the right kit and quick action cards.