Life Pulse Volunteer Team · Committees
First Aid Committee
The First Aid Committee is a cornerstone of community emergency preparedness and volunteer response. It works to strengthen readiness, build lifesaving skills, and provide fast, humane and professional first aid support during events, emergencies and community situations.
Safiya Hamada
Committee coordinator · Board member
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Safiya Hamada on first aid coverage, training and saving lives.
About the committee
The committee believes that every minute matters, and that timely action can save lives. For this reason, it trains and equips its teams according to international first aid standards, ensuring they remain ready to respond with skill, confidence and compassion.
The committee brings together certified first aiders and dedicated volunteers who work hand in hand to spread a culture of safety and empower the community with lifesaving knowledge and practical skills, because every hand can help save a life.
Vision
A safe and empowered community where every individual has the knowledge and skill to save a life.
Mission
To raise community readiness for emergency response by training qualified volunteer teams according to international standards, and by providing first aid services with skill and humanity across events to ensure rapid intervention and the protection of lives.
2025 impact in numbers
- 70 first aiders
- 19 advanced first aiders
- 13 sports first aiders
- 17 first aid trainers
- 2 advanced first aid trainers
- 2 sports first aid trainers
Services
Event first aid coverage
Providing first aiders and equipment for sports events, festivals, conferences and public gatherings to ensure immediate response to any emergency.
Rapid response teams
Forming trained volunteer units to intervene during community emergencies or crises in coordination with official authorities.
Temporary first aid points
Establishing temporary first aid stations in major gathering areas to handle minor and moderate injuries.
Certified training courses
Delivering first aid workshops covering CPR, choking response, wounds, burns and other essential lifesaving skills.
Volunteer qualification
Preparing new volunteers and improving their abilities according to international first aid standards.
Home first aid kit guidance
Consultations and workshops on how to prepare and use a first aid kit at home and in the workplace.
Community awareness campaigns
Awareness campaigns to spread first aid culture and reduce injury complications before official ambulance arrival.
Digital awareness
Short videos and infographics on social media explaining correct actions in critical situations.
Institutional partnerships
Tailored training programmes for schools, clubs, charities and organisations to support safer environments.
Projects and initiatives
Save with Your Hands
The largest community initiative, aiming to train all members of society in basic lifesaving skills.
Safe Facility
A partnership project that prepares institutions such as schools, nurseries and sports clubs to become safety-friendly environments.
Pulse of Events
A field project that provides professional first aid coverage for public, sports and charity events.
Little First Aider
An educational initiative for children aged 7 to 12 that teaches calmness and correct action during emergencies.
Smart First Aid Corner
A digital transformation project that provides a free, quick-reference first aid library for the public.
A First Aider in Every Home
A community awareness campaign focused on spreading first aid culture among families and small community groups.
Current projects
- Save with Your Hands project
- Safe Facility project
- Little First Aider project
- Smart First Aid Corner project
Key participations
- Pulse EMS season (Nabd Al-Isaafi)
- Strategic participations with the National Civil Protection Platform
- First aid coverage for major national, social and religious events
- Health and safety conferences
- Heart health conferences
- Chemical safety events and conferences
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