Basic First Aid Course (BFA)

1. Understanding the basic principles of First Aid in an interactive manner
2. Learning and practising basic skills in First Aid
3. Performing hands-on practice of First Aid management at special circumstances

Entry Requirement

1. For age over 8

* For "Certificate in First Aid" (30-hour) course, please refer to "Certificate in First Aid" Course (AFA).

1. Individual Application
   • HK$180 per candidate (including equipment maintenance fee, certificate* and postage for sending the certificate by post) 
2. Organization/Group Application
   • HK$180 per candidate (including equipment maintenance fee, certificate* and postage for sending the certificate by post to the organizer) with class size from 16 to 20 
3. For course conducted outside Hong Kong, a subsistence allowance of HK$500/day for each Lecturer will be charged
4. Course Manual ** (Candidates should purchase the first aid manual in the same language as the course)
   • HK$60/book, Basic First Aid Course Manual (Chinese Edition) published by the Hong Kong St John Ambulance or
5. Bandages Pack **
   • HK$38/pack
6. Re-issuance of certificate
   • HK$50/duplicate
7. Brigade Member
   • HK$130 per member; HK$20/copy for Certificate

(Notes: * Certificates will be issued only to those who have completed the course, passed the examination, and met the certification requirements.)

**Items 4 & 5 are available for purchase at 4/F., St. John Tower, 2 MacDonnell Road, H.K. during office hours.)

1. The concept of First Aid
2. Problems of the Respiratory System
3. Problems of the Circulation
4. Wounds and Bleeding
5. Burns and Scalds
6. Problems of Body Temperature
7. Loss of Consciousness
8. Poisoning
9. Foreign Bodies
10. Soft Tissue Injuries
11. Fractures
12. Materials for First Aid

16 hours (usually in form of a two-day program of four sessions of half-day program)

Certification

The course is held in an interactive manner with continuous Formative Assessment throughout the program. Students are required to attend at least 80% of the course and to show satisfactory performance and behaviour during the continuous assessments and the course in order to be eligible for the award of certificates.

1. Eligible students will be awarded the Basic First Aid Certificate which is valid for three years.
2. Certificates for students who have passed the examination will be distributed by the Lecturer at the end of the course.
3. For applications submitted under the name of a group or organization, certificates for students who have passed the examination will be distributed by the Lecturer at the end of the course. Result notices will be mailed to the group/organization approximately two weeks after the announcement of results.
   Notes: Once course registration has been completed, any certificate amendment requires reprinting, with a fee of HK$50 per certificate. Groups/organizations must collect certificates in person at St John Tower during office hours no earlier than three weeks after course completion. Alternatively, certificates may be mailed at a fee of HK$60 per class.

1. Chinese courses are usually held during school holidays and English courses are organized on demand
2. Fees are subject to change without prior notice
3. For individual application, please check Course Timetable and complete Individual Application Form (AFI)
4. For group application, please complete Group Application Form (AFII)
5. Class will be cancelled if the Red or Black Rainstorm Warning or Typhoon Cyclone Warning Signal pre-no.8/ No.8 or above is hoisted, and class will be resumed when the signal is lowered 2 hours or more before classes commencement.

Tel: 2530 8020/2530 8021 (Individual application for Certificate in First Aid / Basic First Aid / Adult/Child/Infant CPR / IFA)