Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter
SPECIAL: Happy Restart A Heart Day
SPECIAL: World Restart A Heart Toolkit 2023
SPECIAL: Happy World First Aid Day
SPECIAL: World First Aid Day Toolkit 2023
SPECIAL: World First Aid Day 2023 concept note
SPECIAL: Happy World Day for Safety and Health at Work
SPECIAL:Happy World Restart A Heart
SPECIAL: World Restart A Heart Toolkit 2022
SPECIAL: World First Aid Day advices
SPECIAL: World First Aid Day Toolkit 2022
SPECIAL: World First Aid Day 2022 concept note
SPECIAL: First aid guidelines in French, Spanish and Portuguese
First Aid equipment inventories for long-lasting supplies in the Caribbean
The six Caribbean National Societies supported by the Ready 360/ 3 Océans programme have shown a high interest in renewing their first aid equipment for both training and emergency requirements. In this effort, the GFARC team in the Americas conducted inventories...
“In this context, the widespread promotion of first aid skills is a vital need because everyone, individually and at any time, has the capacity to save a life.”
Worldwide, every year, there are more than two million deaths from domestic accidents, nearly 3 million in the workplace, and sudden adult death affects 5 out of every 10,000 people. Alongside the vital challenge posed by these everyday risks on a global scale,...
A regional Training of Trainers to foster Caribbean First Aid capacities
The GFARC has gathered 12 first aid instructors from 6 Caribbean National Societies from the 25th to the 29th of November to scale them up as trainers of trainers (level C trainers). Hosted in Antigua and Barbuda, the one-week training was facilitated by two Master...
Strengthening First Aid Training in Southeast Asia: Trainer of Trainers (ToT) – From 18 to 22 November 2024 – Singapore
Strengthening First Aid Training in Southeast Asia: Trainer of Trainers (ToT) – From 18 to 22 November 2024 - Singapore The Level C Trainer of Trainers (ToT) course, organized by the GFARC, IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office and the Singapore Red Cross, has made...
Boosting Commercial First Aid: A Collaborative Initiative in Mauritius
In May 2024, a significant initiative took place in Mauritius, led by the project officer for commercial first aid from the Global First Aid Reference Center (GFARC). This initiative, organized in collaboration with the Mauritius Red Cross Society (CRMu), aimed to...
6th Annual Global RC3 Research Workshop – September 25-27, 2024 – Seoul, South Korea
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Research Consortium (RC3) held its 6th Annual Global Research Workshop in Seoul, hosted by the Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre and the Korean Red Cross. This event brought together experts from across the International Red Cross...
The ERC Congress 2024: Advancing Resuscitation Science and Practice
The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Congress - Resuscitation 2024 took place from 31 October to 2 November 2024 at the prestigious Megaron Athens International Conference Centre in Athens, Greece. The event welcomed over 1,000 participants, including experts,...
Enhancing First Aid Training: Capacity Building for Guinean Red Cross
In July 2024, a significant initiative took place in Guinea, led by the Guinean Red Cross in collaboration with the IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre. This initiative focused on strengthening the Guinean Red Cross's capacity to provide first aid training to the...
Promoting First Aid for all at the 34th International Conference in Geneva
If you attended the 34th International Conference in Geneva this October, you may have come across The Global First Aid Reference Centre team, actively promoting First Aid training for people with disabilities. Team members collaborated with colleagues from the...
The European First Aid Network tackles First Aid in a challenging world
In 2024, the field of First Aid faced significant challenges: the European First Aid Network Steering Committee organised a one-day online event. More than 80 participants from over 30 predominantly European National Societies gathered to exchange ideas and discuss...
Spotlight on…
Fiji Red Cross: The resilience of a National society
Resilience learned from COVID19 The Fiji Red Cross Society, showed their resilience in providing first aid trainings no matter what. During the COVID 19 pandemic, they faced difficulties in organizing First Aid training as the Ministry of Health made restrictions....
Being a first aid trainer in a wheelchair is possible!
Portrait of Elisa, passionate volunteer at the French Red Cross Nearly one French person in five will have a disability during his or her life. In France, more than 80% of people with all kinds of disabilities become disabled in adulthood.This change marks a turning...
CPR saves a life in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda Around 1:40am on April 6th, Richard Kabunga was walking home from a friend's housewarming party when he found a man lying unconscious outside a bar in his neighbourhood. "He had been left for dead by the roadside," Kabunga says. "It was raining...
First aid heroes
Mussarrat Fatima : a First Aid Trainer success story
Portrait of Mussarrat Fatima, a passionate First Aid Trainer at the Pakistan Red Crescent. Mussarrat's inspiring story is a testament to the crucial role of first aid in saving lives during emergency situations. Over the years, Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, has...
CPR success story from the British Red Cross
Would you know what to do if someone was having a heart attack ? Tim Connor did, which is why his colleague Tony Wong is still alive and well today. Tim works for a tea company in Hampshire along with around 80 other people. One day, Tim was sitting in his office...
Being a first aid trainer in a wheelchair is possible!
Portrait of Elisa, passionate volunteer at the French Red Cross Nearly one French person in five will have a disability during his or her life. In France, more than 80% of people with all kinds of disabilities become disabled in adulthood.This change marks a turning...
