Have you always wanted to become a first aid responder? TDP will fund this entire 3-day training, you get to learn important skills, a certificate recognised internationally at the end of the course, and you become part of the UvA-wide first-aid responder. Meaning, that you will be get notified when a calamity happens at Roeterseiland campus (around 2 times a week), and you can respond to it when you are not in a tutorial or lecture, for instance. This is a great opportunity to get hands on practice with first aid which will equip you with skills that will be needed for the rest of your life! 

The first training is on the 14th of January, second training is on the 21st of January, the third training will be on the 28th of January . In order to be reimbursed and receive your certificate you need to attend all 3 sessions. So, flexibility and availability is expected on the participants side, since the last session will be announced as soon as possible.

Criteria of selection

1. Must be a first year or second year student (with preference over first year if too many second years apply)

2. Must be on campus for 3 days in a week

3. Must not plan to go on exchange during your studies

4. Must agree to have your photo put in the PPLE building and be introduced to the public in Roeterseiland as a first aider

5. Must agree to install the ‘Picasse Receiver’ app which will notify you when a calamity happens (it notifies you only when it sees that you are present at Roeterseiland)

6. Must promise to respond to calamities when you receive the alarm, apart from when you are in a lecture or tutorial

7. Write a short motivation of why you want to become a first aider (this can be send to tdp-pple@uva.nl)

This event is very costly for TDP to organize, by signing up for this event you agree to pay a deposit of 10 euro’s which will be reimbursed if you participate in the event or deregister at least 24 hours before the start of the first session. we will only proces your application after the deposit has been made.