Basic Life Support & AED Training Handbook (A5)

Basic Life Support & AED Training Handbook (A5) – V2 March 2026

The course handbook for Basic Life Support & AED training. This focused 32-page guide takes students from the basics of BLS through to confident AED use, in clear language with dynamic graphics. Reviewed by FAIB’s first aid trainers and medical team, and fully updated to the 2025 Resuscitation Council UK guidelines.

What’s inside

• BLS and AED essentials – what Basic Life Support is, the Sarah Act, what an AED is, heart attack vs cardiac arrest, the chain of survival, statistics and the heart
• Life-saving actions – assessing the scene, response levels, the primary and secondary surveys, adult CPR, paediatric CPR, the CPR flow chart and the recovery position
• AED use in detail – step-by-step use, AED safety and AED maintenance
• Infection control, recognising cardiac arrest and difficulties during resuscitation
• Choking – recognition and treatment
• Anaphylaxis – recognition and response
• Test your knowledge – end-of-book quiz with answers and references

Key details

• Current edition: V2 March 2026 – updated to the 2025 Resuscitation Council UK guidelines
• 32 pages, A5 format – pre-boxed in the pack sizes shown in the dropdown
• From £1.40 per book – the price per book falls as quantity increases
• Matching PowerPoints and updated teaching materials available for FAIB Training Providers
• Also available as a digital e-book or personalised with your company branding

Using up older stock? Download the free A4 insert sheet summarising the key changes, with a QR code linking students to the full list of updates.

BLS + AED Summary Sheet – Download
Book Updates – Full list of changes – Download

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