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
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...
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 CASSAN, head the Global First Aid Reference Centre 10th, 11th, 12th March...
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...
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. First aid is both a heritage that obliges us and a challenge that...
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...
“People underestimate their potential in saving lives, but it’s very rewarding and makes us more humane” by Dr. Fawzi Amin
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...
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...
Introductory first aid online courses are now available in English, French and Spanish!
EnThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global First Aid Reference Centre are glad to make available three online courses on IFRC learning platform regarding first aid for different audiences: baby and children, adults and...
Online Practical Guidance on First Aid for Migrants
Migrations can happen in any part of the world, regardless of the origin, religion and ethnicity of the people. According to the United Nations, the global number of migrations per year has reached 272 million of people in 2019. This substantial number shows an...
IFRC General Assembly: Repositioning First Aid in 2022 and beyond!
NATIONAL SOCIETIES CONSULTATION ON FIRST AID POLICY UNTIL 7th January 2022 - CLOSED. Thank you! This draft policy was developed together with the First Aid Steering Committee and the First Aid Policy technical working group based on the inputs gathered from the...
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First aid heroes
CPR saved my life: Singapore
First Aid heroes Tajikistan case studies
The importance of first aid in Tajikistan. Snake bite A teenager from “Sayod” village of Sangvor /Tavildara district was bitten on the head by a poisonous snake in the bathhouse. His mother was extremely shocked. She did not know how to help her son. The only thing...
First Aid heroes Britain case study
First aid burns: " I never want to hear that sound again" Mum Vikki Stow described the terrifying moment when her baby daughter got burned. Our little princess, Tamzin, is a very inquisitive soul. One morning when she was just 10 months old, she grabbed a hot cup of...