Hostile Environment First Aid Training (HEFAT)

What You Will Learn

• Situational & Risk Awareness – recognizing potential threats and maintaining personal security in dynamic environments.
• Personal Safety & Security – travel safety, protective practices, and conflict de-escalation strategies.
• Hostile Environment Medical Skills – lifesaving trauma care with a focus on bleeding control, airway management, fractures, burns, and shock.
• Tactical Casualty Care – practical application of the MARCH protocol (Massive bleeding, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, Hypothermia/Head injury).
• Improvised First Aid – using available materials and adapting under austere conditions.
• Casualty Evacuation – safe movement and evacuation planning for injured personnel.

Crisis & Stress Management – coping techniques for high-pressure and traumatic events.

Course Methodology

Delivered by experienced instructors from military, medical, and security backgrounds, the HEFAT course combines interactive classroom sessions, hands-on medical skills labs, and realistic, scenario-based exercises. Participants practice under stress to build confidence in responding quickly and effectively when lives are at risk.

Who Should Attend

• NGO and humanitarian field staff
• Journalists and media correspondents
• Corporate travelers and executives in high-risk areas
• Government, embassy, and aid workers
• Security and risk management professionals