Course objectives
- Identify the risks associated with intervening in a degraded environment
- Ensure their own safety and that of casualties before taking any first aid action
- Prioritise first aid actions when faced with one or more casualties
- Perform the appropriate emergency actions for severe bleeding and life-threatening conditions
- Manage a first aid situation under stress and operational constraints
- Pass on an effective alert to specialist emergency services
Who it is for
Audience
Professionals
Officers, field staff
Volunteers or anyone likely to respond to a life-threatening emergency in a high-risk or degraded environment
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites.
However, it is recommended to have basic knowledge of first aid or to work in an activity exposed to risk or emergency situations.
Format
Face-to-face training, in our rooms in Jarry or directly on your premises. A mix of theory and practical scenarios, using the centre's training equipment. People with disabilities are invited to inform us of their adaptation needs when registering.
Lead time
Registration is possible up to 48 hours before a scheduled session, subject to availability. For a session held on your premises, allow around 15 days between your request and delivery.
Course content
SEQUENCE 1 – FRAMEWORK & RESPONDER SAFETY
- Framework for tactical first aid intervention and limits of action
- Analysis of the environment and identification of persistent risks
- Securing the area and self-protection of the responder
SEQUENCE 2 – LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY ACTIONS IN DEGRADED ENVIRONMENTS
- Prioritising casualties and managing life-threatening emergencies
- Management of severe bleeding and life-threatening conditions
- Maintaining vital functions while awaiting specialist emergency services
SEQUENCE 3 – OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT & PRACTICAL SCENARIOS
- Stress management and decision-making in critical situations
- Organising the alert and passing on essential information
- Practical scenarios and operational debriefing
Teaching team
The teaching team of the Centre National de Formation et de Prévention (CNFP) is made up of expert trainers and instructors with solid field experience and a thorough command of the regulatory frameworks applicable to their areas of expertise.
CNFP instructors are selected for their technical competence, their ability to pass on operational knowledge and their understanding of the professional realities of the trainees they teach.
The teaching team is committed to an ongoing process of improving practices, monitoring regulations and adapting content in order to guarantee the quality, relevance and effectiveness of training courses.
Monitoring and assessment
The course's results indicators are monitored at the end of each session and cover in particular:
– Trainee participation and attendance rate
– Rate of skills validation during practical scenarios
– Participant satisfaction rate
– Number of training certificates issued
These indicators are analysed with a view to the continuous improvement of the training courses offered by CNFP.
Technical and teaching resources
Room equipped with tables and chairs, and a clear space allowing floor-based practical scenarios. CNFP provides all equipment: first aid manikins, tactical tourniquets and training pressure dressings, wound and bleeding simulation equipment, training defibrillator and consumables.
Certification
Assessment
Attendance sheets signed per half-day
Monitoring of participants' attendance
Formative assessments during practical scenarios
Assessment of learning at the end of the course
Collection of satisfaction feedback
Issue of a certificate of completion
Certification
Non-certifying course leading to the issue of a “Tactical First Aid” training certificate by the Centre National de Formation et de Prévention (CNFP).
Quality and results
New course: the first indicators specific to this course will be published after the first sessions.
Across the centre, from 30 January to 10 September 2026: 112 satisfaction reviews collected from trainees, average score of 9.30/10, with 92.9% of scores at or above 8/10; assessment pass rate of 97.3% (181 passes out of 186 trainees assessed).
These indicators are updated after each session and available on request.
Accessibility
CNFP considers every adaptation request in order to facilitate access to training for people with disabilities. A preliminary discussion makes it possible to assess needs and to consider, where possible, adapted arrangements.
Our disability lead reviews every request for adjustments: handicap@cnfp.fr
Interested in this course?
Session at your premises, dates to suit you, group size adapted.