This service is much more efficient being focused on target groups of the population, such as the children, as well as being implemented within the living environment of the people. As members of the communities which they serve and represent, volunteers have a central and essential role in the provision of First Aid. Furthermore the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has to look at flexible roles of the volunteers according to the changing needs of the communities. They could be facilitators, catalysts, advocates, counsellors, educators, etc. The volunteers should accordingly receive training and support to achieve their tasks.
Further action is needed fast being cost-effective.
There are complementary roles to improve the lives of the vulnerable people, to reduce the costs of health care systems and to provide positive impact on the socio-economic development of communities and societies. Creating a favourable environment for health education, particularly thorough First Aid training activities, will help people and their communities to better understand and share the responsibility for protecting and saving more lives.