More than 320,000 Dutch people have downloaded a Red Cross app which enables users to provide emergency aid quicker and more effectively.

The first-aid app, which was first introduced six months ago, has since been used 1,500 times in actual emergencies. These figures were published by the Dutch Red Cross, which conducted a survey among more than 6,400 people.

The organisation is very pleased with the public interest in first-aid skills. Only three percent of the Dutch population has a working knowledge of how to provide first aid. A spokesperson commented: