World Restart a Heart Day is dedicated to increasing understanding of cardiac arrest and teaching people how to perform CPR, empowering them to save lives with confidence. While the Global First Aid Reference Centre provides resources each year to support National Societies, the real strength of...
Held each year on the second Saturday of September, World First Aid Day is a global moment to raise awareness, strengthen community preparedness, and encourage people everywhere to learn essential life-saving skills. Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies around the world mark the occasion...
World Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC) Day is a global initiative that raises awareness of the need for better evidence to inform healthcare policy, practice and decision making in order to improve health outcomes globally. It is an opportunity to participate in debate about global trends and...
Restart a Heart Day raises awareness about cardiac arrest and helps people to learn CPR, giving them lifesaving skills and the confidence to use them. Every year, the Global First Aid Reference Centre produces a tool pack including a communication leaflet and pedagogic tools tailored-made for the...
To celebrate first aid, the second Saturday in September of each year is World First Aid Day. This is an annual opportunity for everybody to promote and gain knowledge in first aid. Every year, the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies all around the globe take this opportunity to engage...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) are co-organizing one-day workshops in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 16th of September 2023. The workshop is named: “Global Red Cross Red Crescent Societies First Aid and...
Dr. Pascal Cassan, head of the Global First Aid reference Centre and Dr. Daniel Meyran, National medical adviser and Administrator at the French Red Cross will participate at the annual International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation meeting that will take place this year from the 30th of May to...
The Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council is led by experts in aquatics, resuscitation, first aid, preparedness and disaster health, and education. Twice a year they come together to review the latest scientific information to ensure that Red Cross programs are not only safe for members, but safe...
The Romanian Red Cross will visit the French Red Cross and the Global First Aid Reference Centre as part of a new project aimed at developing first aid education in Romania. The project, which began a few months ago, is still in the process of development, and the Romanian Red Cross is eager to...
The wait is over ! Our new First Aid Application will be ready on the 1st of March. The First Aid App provides easy-to-understand information about identifying and responding to a range of everyday first aid scenarios, such as bleeding, heart attacks, choking, unresponsiveness and burns. The app...
Many National Societies, ICRC or IFRC will meet for the Global Education Meeting to take place in Vienna on the 24th and 25th of November. The meeting will focus on the efforts in the field of education in the movement with a presentations of National Societies’ organizational models, good...
A session on resilience in case of disasters highlighting the link of the resilience of the citizen on a daily basis will be presented by Dr. Pascal Cassan, head of the Global First Aid Reference Centre, in the Symposium on Medical Disaster Management. The Symposoum is organized by the Belgium Red...
