Federal Working Group First Aid

The Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Erste Hilfe (BAGEH), known in English as the Federal Working Group First Aid, is a German non-profit working group founded in 1988 by four major aid organizations: Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund e.V., Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V., Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., and Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. In 1994, the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLRG) joined as the fifth member. The organization is headquartered in Berlin, with its office located at the federal headquarters of the German Red Cross. The BAGEH serves as a coordinating body for first-aid training across its member organizations. Its primary mission is to ensure that first-aid education remains consistent, up-to-date with medical science, and delivered using modern teaching methods. It also works to raise public awareness about the importance of first aid by laypeople and to foster a culture of willingness to help in emergencies. The working group acts as a common voice for its members in political and professional discussions related to first-aid training. It engages with policymakers, authorities, and other organizations such as the German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) and accident insurance institutions (Berufsgenossenschaften). The chairmanship rotates annually among the federal medical officers (Bundesärzte) of the member organizations. As a non-profit entity, BAGEH does not sell products directly; its "offerings" are coordination services, standardized training curricula, and public awareness campaigns. It is a key player in Germany's first-aid education landscape, ensuring that training standards are uniform across the country's largest aid organizations.

The Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Erste Hilfe (BAGEH) was founded in 1988 by four German aid organizations: Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund e.V., Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V., Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., and Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. The founding aim was to promote first-aid training and raise public awareness of first aid. In 1994, the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLRG) joined as the fifth member. The working group is headquartered in Berlin, with its office located at the federal headquarters of the German Red Cross. The chairmanship rotates annually among the federal medical officers (Bundesärzte) of the member organizations. Since its founding, BAGEH has served as a common voice for its members in matters of first-aid training vis-à-vis politics and other associations, such as the German Medical Association and accident insurance institutions. It coordinates the collaboration of its member organizations to ensure uniform, high-quality first-aid training that reflects current medical science and modern teaching methods.

• 1994

  Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG) joins as the fifth member organization.

• 1988

  BAGEH founded by Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe, and Malteser Hilfsdienst.

A coordinating umbrella body ensuring uniform, high-quality first-aid training and promoting public awareness of first aid in Germany.

Product categories. First-aid training coordination · Standardized first-aid curricula · Public awareness campaigns

1. 1Startseite - Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Erste Hilfebageh.de
2. 2Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Erste Hilfe - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
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