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“First Aid is about changing lives, keeping people safe and building resilience” by Samantha Dickson
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...
Sub-regional First aid meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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,...
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...
Would you like to start implementing virtual first aid course? Test this!
Development of Virtual Patient Simulations in First Aid TrainingThe IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre is partnering up with Body Interact - Virtual Patient Simulator - in order to see how...
All about the international first aid exhibition in Paris!
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...
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...
First aid: a legacy and a challenge for a resilient society
Photo credit - Mathieu SurpinAt 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....
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...
Happy New Year 2022!
[ 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...
Iranian Red Crescent Society incorporates 2020 Guidelines
Iranian Red Crescent's latest updates on Basic Life SupportThe latest updates on Basic Life Support according to the International First Aid, Resuscitation and Education Guidelines 2020 were...
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