Your toddler is choking on a grape.
Dinner. They went quiet. The cough is silent and they can't speak. You have about four minutes.
Scenarios
Lessons for the moment you've actually imagined.
Each one is a 60-90 second rehearsal mapped to the verbatim Red Cross / AHA / WHO protocol. Quiz yourself, run the drill, send to family. Works for adults and kids 8+.
Children
Your child is having a fever seizure.
They have been running hot all afternoon. Now their body has gone rigid. It looks like nothing you've seen.
Older parents
Your dad is slurring his words at dinner.
He sounds drunk but he hasn't been drinking. One side of his face has dropped. Time is brain.
Your elderly mother just collapsed on the kitchen floor.
She is not breathing. She is on her back. You have to start before the ambulance arrives.
Partner / spouse
Your partner is seizing in bed.
Two in the morning. They are convulsing. You don't know how long it has been. The room is small.
In public
Your friend's face is swelling at a party.
She ate something. Her throat feels tight. She has an EpiPen in her bag but her hands are shaking.
A cyclist just went down in traffic.
Cars are stopped. They are not moving. You are the closest person. Three minutes until paramedics.
A child at the next table is having an allergic reaction.
Hives spreading, throat tight, parents panicking. You see an EpiPen on their table. The waiter is calling 999.
A coworker collapses in a meeting and isn't responding.
Open-plan office. Twelve people frozen. You're the closest. Defib on the wall, you saw it last week.
An old man at the bus stop has slumped to one side.
He's still upright. His face has dropped on one side. He's trying to speak but the words won't form.
Yourself
You cut yourself badly chopping vegetables.
The blood is steady, not spurting. Kitchen towel is the nearest fabric. You are home alone.
You sliced your shin open on a barbell.
Five-inch gash. You can see the layer under the skin. The towel rack is two metres away. You have to act before shock kicks in.