An excellent and thorough systematic review from @Cochrane_FA 🙏. Now we need some longitudinal studies following #firstaid learners. Is anyone measuring behaviour change following routine first aid courses?
Is #firstaid training of laypeople effective? 🤔
Our 🆕 Cochrane #systematicreview suggests it is (somewhat) the case! 🤩
📸Our infographic relays the key findings
👀Full review: bit.ly/46qe5z7
#WorldFirstAidDay
@GFARC_IFRC @ijfaeducation @Ilcor_org @CEBaP_evidence
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Happy #WorldFirstAidDay! 🎉
This year's theme is climate change, a major threat to human health 🌍
#firstaid training can help protect and save lives and help build resilient communities 💪
More information? bit.ly/3JSFaT0
@ijfaeducation @GFARC_IFRC @Ilcor_org
Senior Editors of @ijfaeducation were delighted to be invited to write about #WorldFirstAidDay for @Daily27Info 👇on #FirstAid representing solidarity between neighbours and resilience of communities. Book a course today 🙏
"Community-based first aid education is a scientifically validated strategy that strengthens resilience at the grassroots level"
🌍 #WorldFirstAidDay
✍️ Jeffrey Pellegrino (@uakron) & @EmilyOliver143
🔗daily27.info/2025/09/13/firs… #Health #2025WFAD #FirstToAid #Education
A massive and detailed piece of work. Congratulations. The message: train more people in first aid.
🆕Cochrane Review alert 🚨
Is first aid training for laypeople effective?
📸Blogshot below
📰 More in our news item: bit.ly/4mTakYP
🤓 Full review in collaboration with @CEBaP_evidence: bit.ly/46qe5z7
#Cochraneevidence
@ijfaeducation @GFARC_IFRC @Ilcor_org
Delighted to open Vol 8, out now with a paper from our new Aquatics series. Check it out here doi.org/10.25894/ijfae.2485 #lifesaving
Readers in Europe: you can support the development of #FirstAid guidelines by participating in a survey. @ERC_resus is looking to understand the use of naloxone, emergency kits, tourniquets & more by trained first responders and non-trained bystanders across European countries.👇
📢 #Announcement
✅ The ERC 2025 Guidelines 'First Aid' group, on behalf of the ERC, is conducting a survey to understand the use of naloxone, emergency kits, tourniquets, and cervical spine immobilisation by both trained first responders and non-trained bystanders across European countries.
👏 You can take part in the survey by clicking the link
👉 cprguidelines.eu/surveys or scanning the QR code below.
🙏 We greatly appreciate your time and insights. Should you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at guidelines@erc.edu.
Thank you for contributing to this important initiative.
Best regards,
The First Aid Writing Group
#ERC #SaveLives #ERCGuideLines2025 #GuideLines2025 #StrongerTogether #FirstAid
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CPR can save a life, and it only takes a few minutes to learn. Watch this two minute demo and be ready to step up when it matters most.
🚑 Can Community #FirstAid alleviate pressure on urgent health services? This new rapid realist review shows ✅Tailored training = better outcomes ✅Co-designing with communities boosts impact #PublicHealth #EmergencyResponse #HealthSystems #CFA #CPR doi.org/10.25894/ijfae.2695
Giving #CPR is one of the most important #FirstAid skills you can learn. This study emphasises the importance of a hard surface for increased effectiveness. It’s also better for the responder. Read it here - our latest publication! doi.org/10.25894/ijfae.2746 👇 @wtamu
🎉 Celebrating a milestone at the First Aid Journal: record submissions, massive growth, & global engagement! 🌍
Thank you to all our readers, contributors, & team! Together, we’re shaping the future of first aid education. 💪
Here’s to an even more impactful 2025! #FirstAid
What’s your favourite #CPR holiday song? 🎶🔔🪨? ☃️?👇
Holiday songs are memorable and can serve when someone needs CPR! @uakron @iaem
heart.org/en/news/2024/12/11…
If your students can't understand you, what do you do? Check out what happened @MediUniandes and how the trainers used AI &universal gestures to ensure everyone could learn #CPR no matter their language firstaidjournal.org/article/… #improvise #FirstAid
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How do you get research evidence to users? 🌍💡
Join this free session to learn how global experts are bridging the gap between research and practice.
🗓 5 Dec 2024, 14.00–15.30 CET
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#HealthSystems #PublicHealth #GlobalEvidence
Have you checked out the firstaidjournal.org/ recently? We've got cool papers on EMS in Gaza, DIY manikins, a deception study in an art gallery, jellyfish sting treatment & much more. What better reading for a grey November day? #FirstAid #Bystander #CPR #OpenAccess #research
Knowledge & skills in #FirstAid are foundations for developing confidence and willingness to act in an #emergency. Without confidence & willingness, the skills & knowledge can mean nothing. Great work @StreetDoctors @bumbamartin
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By the end of the project, participants had increased:
❤️ knowledge in emergency first aid by 125.3%
🖤 confidence in delivering emergency first aid by 200.6%
❤️willingness to help in an emergency by 98.6%
This View from the Field from the occupied Palestinian Territories highlights the extreme challenges of providing #FirstAid & #EMS in #conflict-affected areas, offering important lessons for first aid #educators & practitioners worldwide. firstaidjournal.org/news/16/ @PalestineRCS
Congratulations @lema_Org_LY , great work 👍
We are proud to support @WRAH Day with LEMA's Hands-Only CPR & Stop Bleeding Initiative!
2,576 trained (2,018 women) & 2.47M chest compressions recorded across Libya. Every action counts! ❤️ 💪🏻
#lema_lifesavers
#libya_cpr_initiative
#WorldRestartAHeart
#WorldRestartAHeartArabia
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Less than one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. By learning CPR and using a defib, you're giving someone their best chance of survival.
Keep an eye on our social channels for highlights of #RestartAHeart and #WorldRestartAHeart events today!

























