"SIA" Safety and Security Center conducts free accelerated first aid courses, which enable the general population to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to deal with first aid emergencies.

To ensure the regularity of the courses (providing participants with first aid kits and covering administrative expenses), the support of all of us is needed.

Statistics indicate that up to 90% of victims survive if they are treated within 9 minutes. An extension of this time to 18 minutes reduces the chances of a favorable outcome to 15%.

Civil defense issues directly relate to the lack of knowledge and skills in first aid among the general population, which is one of the pressing problems in the country today.

First aid plays a significant role in saving people's lives during catastrophes, emergency situations and accidents. In such situations, people's lack of skills and abilities to provide assistance to the injured results in death before emergency medical services arrive or the injured are transported to the nearest hospitals.

More than 4,058 soldiers died during the 2020 Artsakh War due to the lack of proper first aid (according to the Insurance Foundation for Servicemen). And medical staff estimations show that most of the dead and wounded received shrapnel wounds, with many of them also having limb amputations. The number of dead and injured would have been considerably lower if proper first aid or self-aid had been provided in a timely manner.

SIA safety and security center regularly conducts free first aid courses in Yerevan.

Participants receive theoretical and practical knowledge in first aid (including in English and Russian as well). The courses are conducted according to a 10-day program: 5 days a week, 2 hours a day. The number of participants per course is 20.

• Psychological complexes, fears, panic
• Stopping bleeding with a tourniquet
• Wound dressing
• Fractures and shrapnel wounds
• Chest injuries
• Loss of consciousness, giving the injured a stable lateral position
• Evacuation
• First aid kit, its contents, purpose and use
• Quick response backpack contents

• increasing the level of preparedness of citizens in emergency situations
• raising awareness among the population
• an increase in the instructor and administrative staff of the SIA to expand its geographic reach providing first aid kits in people's houses and cars, along with quick response backpacks, which will reduce their panic in emergency situations and the number of the dead and disabled resulting from inadequate first aid.

In order to conduct 1 course (training 20 people), first aid kits and administrative expenses need to be covered.

The medical equipment purchased as part of the fundraiser will also be used to prepare the following courses, so that the courses can be held on a regular basis.

"SIA" Safety and Security Center NGO was founded in 2021. Its field of activity involves first aid (providing immediate assistance to the injured before emergency medical services arrive or the injured are transported to the nearest hospitals), first medical aid, tactical emergency medicine and other types of first aid. As part of its mission, the organization trains the population in first aid skills, conducts advanced trainings for the instructors with the help of leading specialists, shares experience and knowledge in Armenia and abroad, and implements social programs.