Liberia First Aid
Medical Aid International First Aid videos
Pre Hospital care is absolutely vital in LMIC’s due to the nature of the environments and the time it takes to get to help. Seeing so often the effects of poor first aid treatment, Medical Aid International is passionate about sharing valuable knowledge to improve this vital area of care. These first aid videos, designed for low resource environments, are taken from our Biomedical Engineering programme and have been reported as extremely helpful to students who have taken the programme. Please do distribute widely!
Part 1:
Introduction and Approach
Part 2:
Airway and Breathing
Part 3:
Circulation and Disability
Part 4:
Fractures and Transporting the Casualty
Graduate Quotes on our First Aid Unit
“Honestly, I had no idea about recovery position and the different first aid steps. It was very informative.”
“Learning about this unit has been very beneficial for it has equipped me with essential life-saving skills which comes in handy for both personal and professional situations.”
“This unit has opened my mind on how best I can save a life in case of [an] accident, this is something I didn’t know yet I have learned it in this program. At least now I know the most important things to focus on in an event of accident which is: airway, breathing and circulation, also how to put a casualty in a recovery position.”
“These First Aid videos are truly superb. They abide by the well researched and validated maxim of KISS - Keeping It Short & Simple. They also use outstanding cartoon graphics which have also been shown in research performed in Orthopaedic Trauma to be the best way of getting across a message succinctly, well and pleasing all groups. These compliment the courses provided beyond First Aid of Advanced Trauma Life Support in High Income Countries and Primary Trauma Care in Low & Middle Income Countries.”
