The GFARC is very happy to share World First Aid Day 2022’s concept note as well as the toolkit into the 4 official languages (English, Français, Español and اللغة العربية). The World First Aid Day...
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 will be an 18-month...
Lifelong First aid learning SAVE 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 both the general public...
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 by the Red Cross Red Crescent...
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 faced an...
“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 valuable and I feel...
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 support of the ICRC. Main...
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 when he was asked to check...
Development of Virtual Patient Simulations in First Aid Training The IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre is partnering up with Body Interact – Virtual Patient Simulator – in order to see how National Societies can benefit from practicing with Virtual Patients in first aid training....
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 2022: READ AGENDA HERE and...
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 point in their lives. They face...
Photo credit – Mathieu Surpin At 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 motivates us. I am all the more...
