Mental distress

Traumatic event

Provide support (through listening, being empathetic, maintaining contact and connecting to other resources) to those who have experienced a traumatic event.

Suicidal ideation

Engage the person in conversation, ensure safety and provide empathetic support.

Acute grief

Support the person to experience their grief according to their context.

First aid guidelines sections

⇒ General approach

⇒ Breathing problems

⇒ Medical conditions

⇒ Mental distress

⇒ Trauma

⇒ Environmental

⇒ Unresponsiveness

⇒ First aid education

⇒ About the guidelines

Explore the guidelines

Published: 15 February 2021

First aid

Explore the first aid recommendations for more than 50 common illnesses and injuries. You’ll also find techniques for first aid providers and educators on topics such as assessing the scene and good hand hygiene.

First aid education

Choose from a selection of some common first aid education contexts and modalities. There are also some education strategy essentials to provide the theory behind our education approach.

About the guidelines

Here you can find out about the process for developing these Guidelines, and access some tools to help you implement them locally.