Edito of the Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter “For me, first aid is about helping others and keeping them safe. No matter what title I had for the last 33 years, from volunteer to staff, it was always, somehow, related to first aid. Every life is valuable and I feel...
April 27th 2022 This year, from 23 to 25 March 2022, the First Aid Expert Group of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus had a face-to-face meeting, organized by the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan and with the support of the ICRC. Main...
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 when he was asked to check...
Development of Virtual Patient Simulations in First Aid Training The IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre is partnering up with Body Interact – Virtual Patient Simulator – in order to see how National Societies can benefit from practicing with Virtual Patients in first aid training....
Under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel MACRON, Secours Expo is the trade show 100% dedicated to rescue, emergency and prevention! Event chaired by Dr Pascal CASSAN, head the Global First Aid Reference Centre 10th, 11th, 12th March 2022: READ AGENDA HERE and...
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 point in their lives. They face...
Photo credit – Mathieu Surpin At the beginning of the year 2022, I would like to start by extending my best wishes to everyone who reads this newsletter of the Global First Aid Reference Centre. First aid is both a heritage that obliges us and a challenge that motivates us. I am all the more...
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...
[ HAPPY NEW YEAR ] – The New Year is here and our excitement knows no bounds. This year also marks IFRC General Assembly, so may 2022 make our common first aid vision come true! From our GFARC Family to yours, we wish you a Happy New Year! Arabic French Spanish IFAA Representatives...
Iranian Red Crescent’s latest updates on Basic Life Support The latest updates on Basic Life Support according to the International First Aid, Resuscitation and Education Guidelines 2020 were organized in Journal Club format for Iranian Red Crescent’s First Aid Instructors at the...
Edito of the Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter “As I’ve been involved in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for 40 years, I realised that I have absorbed all of its principles and it became a part of me. I always wanted to be part of an organisation that relieved the...
First Aid Trainer of Trainers Course with The Gulf Medical University November 08 2021 The Global First Aid Reference Centre and the IFRC Gulf Country Cluster Delegation successfully organized a blended-learning trainer of trainers (ToT) and trainer course for the Gulf Medical University (GMU) in...
