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
- Issue 9: September 2023
- 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
- Issue 8 : April 2023
- SPECIAL: Happy International Women’s Day 2023
“Every member of the Red Cross Red Crescent network shall be trained in basic first aid from the very beginning of their journey” By Walter Cotte
Editor of the Global First Aid Reference Centre Newsletter“Let’s use first aid as an element of protection, happiness, love and action in favour of people in need, especially in the framework of World First Aid Day! First aid has always been part of my life, both at...
European Resuscitation Council Congress 2022
The European Resuscitation Council Congress took place on the 16th and 17th of June 2022 in Antwerp, Belgium. This year, the aim was to enable high quality resuscitation within communities in order to save lives. For the first time, the conference was held in a hybrid...
Repositioning first aid at the IFRC General Assembly 2022
..The 2022 General Assembly of the IFRC was held from the 19th to the 21st of June in Geneva. The GFARC is pleased to have been represented through the presence of its director, Dr. Pascal Cassan. The IFRC General Assembly 2022 was a major moment for the French Red...
A range of trainings in Comoros
June 28th 2022 From May 7 to 22, 2022, a first aid training of trainers of trainers (ToT) mission and an initial and continuous training of trainers took place in Moroni, Comoros. This mission was made possible by a partnership between the GFARC, the Comorian Red...
CLOSED : First Aid App Project Manager
Would you like to take part in a digital project that will help save lives all around the world ? Join us! In the framework of the redesign of the First Aid App, the Global First Aid Reference Centre is looking for a First Aid App and Digital Projects Manager. This...
World First Aid Day Concept Note 2022 !
Lifelong First aid learningSAVE THE DATE and be prepared on Saturday 10th of September 2022! World First Aid Day is the main event of the IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre. This is an opportunity to highlight first aid and to make awareness campaigns mobilizing...
Heatwave volunteer consultant
April 29th 2022 The Global First Aid Reference Centre is looking for a distance worker from any of the National Societies to conduct research on first aid challenges as part of a collaborative research project on heatwaves. This research project is being carried out...
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...
“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 staff, it was always, somehow, related to first aid. Every life is...
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, organized by the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan and with the...
Spotlight on…
First Aid Trainer of Trainers Course with The Gulf Medical University
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...
Re-starting hearts in Niger and Burkina Faso
First aid and resuscitation are at the core of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s work. For decades, it has been considered as acts of humanity motivated by the willingness to save lives without discrimination. Every year, millions of people die or suffer...
Spotlight on… first aid teams in Pakistan
“The power of empowering”: First Aid Trainers and Volunteers from the Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyFor more than 150 years and all around the world, providing first aid to injured people has been one of the principal mission of Red Cross and Red Crescent National...
First aid heroes
Spotlight on… first aid teams in Pakistan
“The power of empowering”: First Aid Trainers and Volunteers from the Pakistan Red Crescent SocietyFor more than 150 years and all around the world, providing first aid to injured people has been one of the principal mission of Red Cross and Red Crescent National...
FA Hero Singapore story pt 2
Commited to first aid: part 2 “Helping others helps me” SINGLED-MINDED PURSUIT: Yu Ping's passion for first aid was sparked in her youth. Today, she is a first aid instructor who equips people with the skills to help others. By Nur Irdina Bte Mohd Fadzli and...
CPR: A success story in Singapore
Walking the talk In February, in Singapore, prior to the commencement of the Red Cross Youth’s First Aid Gold Modular Workshop at Compassvale Secondary School Youth Volunteer Instructors Low Yu Ping and Tracy Koh received a notification on Singapore Civil Defence...