First aid refers to the actions taken in response to someone who is injured or suddenly taken ill.

A First Aider is a person who takes the action in responding to someone who is injured or suddenly taken ill while taking care to keep everyone involved safe and to cause no further harm while doing so.

Anyone can be a First Aider so far as you have the requisite first aid knowledge and skills to save lives. NOTE: Everyone is encouraged to acquire first aid skills because first aid saves lives.

First Aiders can identify potentially serious condition, First Aiders can treat simple but life-threatening condition and First Aiders can prevent mishandling of casualties

The first aider receives the certificate for the first aid programme that he or she is trained. At St. John Ambulance Ghana, there are varied first aid courses which are Basic Emergency First Aid, Sports First Aid Training, Lifesaver International First Aid Course, First Aid at Work, Advanced First Aid, Aviation First Aid Training, Ambulance Aid Training, among others.

St. John Ambulance Ghana first aid certifications are valid for three (3) years.

First Aiders whose certification has expired, must immediately apply for retraining and recertification.

To increase your knowledge base, refresh and sharpen your first aid skills.

You should have taken any first aid course with St. John Ambulance and the first aid certificate must exceed the valid period of three (3) years.

It depends on the emergency plan at the work place. There must be an effective means of communication to contact the first aider when required, which will include a telephone and/or a mobile phone.

An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a device that delivers an electric shock to the heart muscle through the chest wall in order to restore a normal heart rate. It is designed to be automated such that it can be used by persons without substantial medical training who are responding to a cardiac emergency.

Currently, there is no law in Ghana binding offices or factories to have an AED, but it would be a good practice to have one for unforeseen emergencies.

CPR which is Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation is a life-saving procedure used to provide circulation and oxygen to the body tissues. It involves the combination of chest compressions and rescue breaths.

Yes, but only when casualty is unconscious or unresponsive, and not breathing.

No.