First aid courses can help you learn how to recognize common emergencies, understand basic response principles, and communicate effectively with trained professionals. You can build skills in identifying signs of illness or injury, assessing situations safely, and applying general preparedness concepts. Many courses introduce frameworks, scenario-based learning, and tools that support building confidence in responding to unexpected events.

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Storyboarding, Wireframing, User Experience Design, UI/UX Research, User Experience, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, Presentations, Web Design, User Research, Design Thinking, Figma (Design Software), Usability, Design Reviews, Persona (User Experience), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Mobile Development, Web Presence, Interviewing Skills
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Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

IBM
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Systems Development Life Cycle, Prompt Patterns, Software Development Life Cycle, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Modeling, Software Architecture, Computer Vision, LangChain, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, Generative AI, Responsible AI, IBM Cloud, Data Ethics, AI Workflows, Python Programming, Software Development, Machine Learning, Data Science
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Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Liberal Arts, Political Sciences, Research, Psychology, Social Studies, Scientific Methods, Science and Research, Research Methodologies, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Mixed · Course · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Patient Evaluation, Pharmacology, Airway Management, Cardiology, Medication Administration, Medical Emergency, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine, Respiratory Care, Neurology, Clinical Assessment, Health Assessment, Mental Status Examination, Respiration, Patient Treatment, Anatomy, Physiology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Trauma Care, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Emergency, Patient Evaluation, Triage, Emergency Response, Clinical Assessment, First Aid, Wound Care, Human Musculoskeletal System, Physiology, Anatomy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

MedCerts
Skills you'll gain: Medical Terminology, Healthcare Ethics, Basic Patient Care, Conflict Management, Anatomy, Pathology, Direct Patient Care, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Cultural Responsiveness, Patient-centered Care, Personal protective equipment, Patient Communication, Vital Signs, Hand Hygiene, Patient Safety, Personal Care, Patient Positioning, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Pain Management, Infection Control
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Medical Terminology, Pulmonology, Pathology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Medical Records, Neurology, Respiratory Care, Obstetrics And Gynecology, General Medical Tests and Procedures, Urology, Gynecology, Anatomy, Human Musculoskeletal System, Respiration, Medical Practices and Procedures, Urinalysis, Sensory Systems Analysis, Hemodynamics, Cell Biology
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Restful API, Web Services, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Extensible Languages and XML, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Software Installation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Multiple educators
Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Network Security, Computer Security Incident Management, Cloud Computing Architecture, Incident Management, Business Continuity Planning, Penetration Testing, Cloud Services, Business Continuity, Cloud Deployment, Security Controls, System Configuration, Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Data Storage, Peripheral Devices, Application Security, Information Technology, Cryptography
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Ajax, Javascript, Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Development Environment, Web Development Tools, Web Design and Development, JSON, Web Applications, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Browser Compatibility, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Event-Driven Programming, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Marketing, Digital Brand Strategy, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Customer Engagement, Journey Mapping, Digital Marketing Tools, Direct Marketing, Driving engagement, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, MarTech, Data Architecture, Strategic Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Customer Insights, Emerging Technologies, Experimentation, Data Visualization
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Medical Terminology, Human Musculoskeletal System, Orthopedics, Medical History Documentation, Medical Records, Electronic Medical Record System, Urology, Health Information Management and Medical Records, Anatomy, Diagnostic Tests, General Medicine, Physiology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months