Accessing First Aid Forward is easy!
1. Go to https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-one
2. Enter your institutional email address (e.g. MeredithGrey@university.edu). You must use your institutional email address.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Welcome to First Aid Forward!
5. Optional: If your institution also subscribes to Step 2, you must go to https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-two and sign in to "add" Step 2 to your First Aid Forward account.
Access is provided via email domain, so you will have access to First Aid Forward - Step 1 as long as you have access to that email address (and your institution subscribes to First Aid Forward - Step 1)
Having trouble? Reach out to your librarians or contact McGraw Hill at FirstAidForwardSupport@mheducation.com
Learn everything you need to know about First Aid Forward in this comprehensive overview video
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