UKRAINE: First Aid

Project summary:

First Aid (FA) is one of the top priorities for the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS), implemented through organizing training sessions for the
general population. A range of laws and safety programmes have been adopted to improve safety standards for Ukrainians, but due to the lack of
governmental funding the training system to implement these programmes collapsed. Consequently, the rates of industrial, traffic, and household
accidents, as well as injuries to children, remain high. Some four million people are injured every year. Ukraine is also among those countries with
the highest rate of road accidents in Europe. Post-crash analyses have shown that many deaths could have been prevented if prompt and adequate
first aid had been provided.

The URCS First Aid Training Programme was launched in 1998. At present, half of its branches possess training manuals, equipment, and visual
aids. Some branches host First Aid training centres.

Previous experience shows that in order to improve the programme, there is a need to establish training centres in Red Cross medical social rooms,
and there is a deep need for reference books to be provided to course participants.

URCS cooperates closely with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Scientific -Practical Centre for Emergency Medicine in the
implementation of its first aid training programme.

The log frame matrix of the programme is attached. For a complete programme description please contact the Minsk Delegation.

Logical framework planning matrix: First Aid Population Training (Health &Care)

Indicators Sources of verification Assumptions/Risks

Overall Goal
Casualties to accidents and • Accident/emergency mortality • Official statistics
emergencies are reduced through rates
improved first aid knowledge of
general population

Project objective
First aid knowledge and skills of • # of citizens trained in FA (per • Reports
population are enhanced through branch)
quality training
 Expected Results

Result 1
URC has a pool of 104 local FA • # of educators trained • Reports
educators

Result 2
URC has a skilled team of 26 FA
trainers
Result 3
An abridged Reference Book is
developed (based on the First Aid
Manual), published, and distributed
• # of trainers trained • Reports • Trained staff stays with the
URCS
• Reports • Reference book meets the needs
• # of copies of Reference Book of oblast/targeted communities
distributed

Result 4
By the end of the 2nd year, FA • # of centers set up • Reports
training centers are set up on the • # of people from mentioned
basis of RC Medico-Social Centres professional categories trained
(MSCs) and provide FA training to
road police, fire-fighters, and drivers

Result 5
Three short video reels featuring FA • # of video demonstrations • Reports
aid in case of suffocation, burn, and
bone fracture are produced and
screened

Activities Resources Sources Preconditions

Result 1
1.1. Identify 104 RC activists and/or • Expertise • In-country expertise • Suitable candidates can be
staff (four per branch) to become local • Venue for training identified
FA educators • Travel
1.2. Hold four regional educator • Accommodation
workshops

Result 2
2.1. Identify 26 RC volunteers and/or
staff to become FA trainers
2.2. Hold two trainer workshops
Result 3
3.1. Identify a publishing house
3.2. Develop and publish an abridged • Printing /video • URCS has an opportunity to
reference book by the end of a year use national TV channels
3.3. Distribute a reference book to RC
branches

Result 4
4.1. Supply necessary equipment to FA
training centers

Result 5
5.1.Identify a video production company
5.2. Develop video plots
5.3. Produce video reels
5.4. Screen FA videos on central TV
channels