First Minutes is a simple app on your phone that tells you exactly what to do, step by step, with clear pictures and a calm voice that reads every step out loud. So you can help until the ambulance arrives.
You’re at the kitchen table. Your grandson takes a big bite and laughs at something his sister said. Then he stops.
His hands go to his throat. No cough. No sound. His face starts to change color.
And everyone in the room turns to look at you.
Your heart is pounding. Your hands are shaking. Everything you once learned is suddenly gone.
Under stress, even simple steps you once knew can disappear.
Shaking hands, tiny text, ads, and ten different answers.
And in October 2025 the advice for choking adults changed.5
After a 911 call, the median wait for an ambulance is 7 minutes. In rural areas, 13.2
Emergencies don’t wait for a doctor to be nearby. Most cardiac arrests outside the hospital happen at home, in front of the people who love us most.1
of cardiac arrests outside the hospital happen at home.1
Americans have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital every year.1
Only about 4 in 10 people whose heart stops outside the hospital get CPR from someone nearby before help arrives.1
Immediate CPR can double or triple the chance of survival.1
people in the US died from choking in 2022. It is the 4th leading cause of accidental injury death.3
is the median time for an ambulance to arrive after a 911 call. 13 minutes in rural areas.2
Every minute counts: the American Red Cross says survival chances drop by 10% for every minute that CPR and an AED are delayed.4
Nobody expects you to be a nurse or a paramedic. You just need to know the next step. And then the one after that.
You tap what’s happening. First Minutes walks you through it one step at a time: one picture, a few short words, and a calm, clear voice reading each step out loud. So your eyes and hands can stay on the person who needs you.
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Right after you buy, you get an email with your link. Open it and tap Add to Home Screen. It sits next to your other apps and opens even with no signal.
Big buttons with pictures. Or tap the mic and just say it, like “my baby is choking”. It opens the right steps for you.
One step per screen, read out loud for you. The red Call 911 button is always at the top.
Not for reading ahead. Not for a classroom. For the moment when you need it most.
You don’t have to read while you help. Keep your eyes on them and just listen.
It ticks at 110 pushes a minute. For an adult, just keep pushing (breaths only if you’re trained). For a child or baby, it counts to 30 and tells you when to give 2 breaths.
Hands shaking? Tap the mic and say “my husband collapsed” or “my baby is choking”. Or type “food stuck”. No medical words needed.
One tap starts the call from any step. Put the phone on speaker and the 911 dispatcher can help you too.
Once it’s saved on your home screen, it opens in a basement, at the lake, or anywhere the signal drops.
Large words and pictures. Press Next, or turn on hands free and just say “next”, “back” or “repeat” while your hands help.
The ones that happen at home, at the park and at family dinners. Each one with its own pictures, voice and steps.
Adult, child and baby, with the 2025 back blow and thrust steps.
Adult, child and baby, with the CPR beat to keep your rhythm.
Separate steps and drawings for the smallest ones.
Every step in First Minutes was written by a nurse and follows the 2025 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and first aid, American Red Cross first aid, and Stop the Bleed.
The hard part wasn’t the medicine. It was making it simple: short words, one action per screen, and nothing you have to remember.
In October 2025 the American Heart Association changed its advice for a choking adult or child: give 5 back blows, then 5 belly thrusts, and repeat.5 If you learned it another way, First Minutes shows you the new way.
Who watch the grandkids and want to feel ready, not nervous.
Babies and toddlers put everything in their mouths.
Who live with someone older or with a health condition.
Who look after an aging mom or dad.
Anyone trusted with someone else’s child.
Or who never took one at all.
$9.99 one time
$115 for a Red Cross adult and pediatric first aid and CPR class near Washington, DC6
Free
About $70 for a popular home kit7
Our honest advice: take a hands on class when you can. And keep First Minutes on your phone for the moment itself.
Tap the tabs at the bottom of the app: My Family, First Aid Kit and Learn. Everything is ready to fill in, tick off and print.
27 things to keep at home: the first aid kit, the medicine cabinet, and inhalers or epinephrine for anyone who needs them. Tick what you have, add the expiration date, and the app warns you two months before anything expires. Print the list for the closet door.
Fill in each person’s allergies, medicines and health conditions, plus your address, emergency contacts, doctor, and where the kit and medicines are. It’s saved only on your phone. Print it as a fridge card and a wallet card.
Shown with sample details.
One printable page for whoever watches the kids: your family’s details, exactly what to say when calling 911, Poison Control’s number, and quick steps for choking (child and baby), not breathing, bleeding, burns and swallowed poison.
Shown with sample details.
Walk through every emergency in Learn, then take a 12 question quiz. Get 10 right and print a certificate of completion with your name.
Honest note: it is not a CPR card. It says right on it that it is for a self study course, and it won’t meet job or school requirements.Shown with a sample name.
Step by step help for 21 emergencies, with pictures, a calm voice, the CPR beat, plain word search and a Call 911 button on every screen. For iPhone and Android, even offline.
27 things to keep at home and where to keep them. Tick what you have, add expiration dates and get a warning before they expire.
Everyone’s allergies, medicines, health conditions and emergency contacts, saved only on your phone. Prints as a fridge card and a wallet card.
One printable page for whoever watches the kids: your family’s details, what to say to 911 and quick steps for the most common emergencies.
Pass the 12 question quiz in the app (10 right answers) and print a certificate of completion with your name.
To be clear: this is not a CPR card. It says right on it that it shows completion of a self study course. It is not from the American Heart Association, the Red Cross or OSHA, and it won’t meet job or school requirements.A hands on class can cost $115.6 A popular anti choking kit costs about $70.7 Today you get everything above for
$9.99 One time payment. No subscription. Get First Minutes nowOpen it, save it on your phone and walk through the steps with your family. If for any reason it’s not for you, ask for a refund within 7 days and you get your $9.99 back. No hard feelings.
No. A hands on class lets you practice on a mannequin with an instructor, and we encourage everyone to take one. First Minutes is for the moment itself: it walks you through the steps when your memory and your nerves are not at their best.
No. The Certificate of Completion shows that you passed the 12 question quiz in the app, and it says right on it that it is for a self study course. It is not from the American Heart Association, the Red Cross or OSHA, and it won’t meet job or school requirements. If you need an official card for work, take an approved hands on class.
Only on your phone. What you type in My Family stays on that phone and is not sent anywhere. Print it as a fridge card, a wallet card or a babysitter sheet whenever you like.
Yes. Save it to your home screen and open it once while you have internet. After that it opens, shows the pictures and reads the steps even with no signal. Talking to the app (the mic) uses your phone’s voice recognition, which needs a connection; without one, just tap.
Yes. It works on iPhone and Android phones, and on tablets and computers too. There is nothing to download from an app store.
Right after you pay, you get an email with your access link. Open it on your phone and tap Add to Home Screen. It takes about a minute, and the email shows you how.
No. You pay $9.99 once. There are no monthly fees.
Yes. There are no menus to learn. You tap the picture of what’s happening and press Next. The voice reads each step to you, and the text is big.
Your phone starts a call to 911 (some phones ask you to confirm first). Put it on speaker, keep it next to you and keep following the steps. The dispatcher can help you too.
A nurse. Every step follows the 2025 American Heart Association guidelines, American Red Cross first aid and Stop the Bleed.
You have 7 days to ask for a full refund through Hotmart, for any reason.
You can’t choose when it happens. But you can decide, today, that you won’t be the one standing there not knowing. For $9.99, the next step will always be in your pocket.
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