Based on the non-profit partnership between Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), represented by the College of Public Health and Health Informatics, and Education Department in Makkah Region, the College of Public Health and Health Informatics played its important role in serving the community through several awareness campaigns on public health field. It also offered several courses on prevention, safety and first aid for students of public education schools; whereas Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Al-Laihani, under the support of the college dean Dr. Wahib bin Dakhil Al-Harabi and after the coordination with a number of schools, presented two courses: (The Young Paramedic) for primary schools and (Introduction to Prevention and First Aid) for preparatory and secondary schools.

The aim of Young Paramedic course was to provide students with a brainstorming experience to identify risks in the school environment, raise the level of knowledge about risk prevention methods among primary school students, highlight the importance of first aid kit, and to train on ways to treat bleeding, wounds and minor burns that can be dealt with by a young therapist.

The Introduction to Prevention and First Aid course aimed at raising preventive awareness in the school environment through the concept of prevention and its types, applying the concept of identifying occupational hazards through a student workshop using a model designed for that, highlighting the importance of preventive measures to face some risks in the school environment, introducing the first aid kit, and training on how to deal with fainting and removing a foreign body from the adult airway.

The two courses were carried out according the schedule below.

Schedule for Courses on Protection, Safety & First Aid in Schools