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Contents 1 What is First Aid? 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Type of Profession 2 How Do I Learn First Aid? 2.1 Trainers 2.2 Training Costs 3 What Are the First Aid Specialisation? 4 How Do I Change First Aid or Unlearn it? 5 Crafting 5.1 How Do I Get Supplies? 5.2 How Do I Make Items? 5.3 What Items Can I Create? 5.4 What Can I Make That Other Professions Need? 6 Anything Else? 6.1 How Do I Use the Bandages? 6.2 How Do I Train to Higher Levels of First Aid? 6.2.1 Horde 6.2.2 Alliance 6.2.3 Both 7 Recap 8 Further First Aid Reading & Resources

What is First Aid?

Introduction

First Aid is an essential profession. It gives a player the ability to administer healing processes on yourself and other players, regardless of your class. It's the simplest of professions to master in that it requires very little in the way of range of materials and what it does use is relatively easy to come by even with a brand new character.

Type of Profession

First Aid is a Secondary Service Profession and does not count towards your 2 primary profession limit. You may have as many of as few of the secondary professions as you like, but if you're only going to use a couple, pick First Aid as one of them!

How Do I Learn First Aid?

You need to seek out a First Aid Trainer and be a character level 1 to begin your lessons in first Aid. You can train to five levels of proficiency and each has certain prerequisites that you need to meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency. Below is a list of locations with links to maps which pinpoint exactly where the Trainer can be found.

Trainers

Below is a list of all the First Aid Trainers, their levels and their locations:

Trainer Rank	Horde	Alliance	Neutral
Expert Trains you to Journeyman	Nurse Neela, 10, Gallows End Tavern, Trisfal Glades Mary Edras, 35, The Rogue's Quarter, Undercity Vira Younghoof, 13, Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore Pand Stonebinder, 35, Spirit Rise, Thunder Bluff Rawrk, 15, Razor Hill, Durotar Arnok, 35, Valley of Spirits, Orgrimmar Kanaria, 8, Falconwing Square, Eversong Woods Alestus, 30, Walk of Elders, Silvermoon City Fera Palerunner, 60, Thunderlord Stronghold, Blade's Edge Mountains	Byancie, 22, Dolanaar, Teldrassil Dannelor, 35, Craftman's Terrace, Darnassus Michelle Belle, 11, Lion's Pride Inn, Elwynn Forest Shaina Fuller, 35, Cathedral of Light, Stormwind Thamner Pol, 11, Thunderbrew Distillery, Dun Morogh Nissa Firestone, 35, The Great Forge, Ironforge Anchorite Fateema, 8, Azure Watch, Azuremyst Isle Nus, 30, The Crystal Hall, The Exodar Anchorite Paetheus, 17, Blood Watch, Bloodmyst Isle Fremal Doohickey, 30, Deepwater Tavern, Wetlands	Mildred Fletcher, 11, Lower City, Shattrath City Anchorite Ensham, 65, Sha'tari Base Camp, Terokkar Forest
Artisan Trains you to Expert	Balai Lok'Wein, 43, Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh, Sells book [Expert First Aid - Under Wraps], [Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage] and [Manual: Mageweave Bandage]	Deneb Walker, 45, Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands, Sells book [Expert First Aid - Under Wraps], [Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage] and [Manual: Mageweave Bandage]
Master Trains you to Artisan	Doctor Gregory Victor, 48, Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands, Starts quest: Triage	Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen, 48, Foothold Citadel, Theramore Isle, Starts quest: Triage
Grand Master Trains you to Master	Aresella, 60, Falcon Watch, Hellfire Peninsula, Sells books: [Master First Aid - Doctor in the House], [Netherweave Bandage] and [Heavy Netherweave Bandage]	Burko, 60, Temple of Telhamat, Hellfire Peninsula, Sells books: [Master First Aid - Doctor in the House], [Netherweave Bandage] and [Heavy Netherweave Bandage]

Training Costs

You can train to five ranks of proficiency (4 without BC) and each has certain prerequisites that you need to meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency.

To Train to rank of:	Cost	Required		Create items from/to skill level
		Char Lvl	Prof Skill Lvl
Apprentice	10c	1	-	1 - 75
Journeyman	5s	-	50	50 - 150
Expert	1g	-	125	125 - 225 Purchase [Expert First Aid - Under Wraps]
Artisan	Free	35	225	225 - 300 Quest as detailed below
Master	5g	60	300	300 - 375 Purchase [Master First Aid - Doctor in the House]

Training costs are reduced by 10% in cities you have an 'Honored' Reputation.

What Are the First Aid Specialisation?

First Aid has no specialisation.

How Do I Change First Aid or Unlearn it?

You cannot unlearn First Aid because it's a secondary skill, and as you can have all four (cooking, first aid, fishing and riding) there is no need to have an unlearn feature.

Crafting

How Do I Get Supplies?

First Aid has a very small list of reagents required and what you do need is relatively abundant if you know where to look. Cloth is dropped from most humanoid enemy NPCs. Should you find yourself short, you can purchase it from guild mates, friends and of course, from the Auction House.

How Do I Make Items?

To make bandages, simply open your spellbook and click on the First Aid icon, which looks like this:

Select the bandage you wish to create, if you have enough of the required cloth, the "create" button lights up and you can make the selected bandage.

What Items Can I Create?

Below is a list of all the reagents and items a First Aider can make.

Icon	Reagent	Reagent From	To create	No. of Reagents Required to make	Action	Requires First Aid Level to		Learn Recipe From
						Make	Use
	[Linen Cloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Linen Bandage]	1 piece [Linen Cloth]	Heals 66 damage over 6 sec	1	1	Comes with First Aid skill
			[Heavy Linen Bandage]	2 pieces [Linen Cloth]	Heals 114 damage over 6 sec	40	20	Trainer
	[Wool Cloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Wool Bandage]	1 piece of [Wool Cloth]	Heals 161 damage over 7 sec	80	50	Trainer
			[Heavy Wool Bandage]	2 pieces of [Wool Cloth]	Heals 301 damage over 7 sec	115	75	Trainer
	[Silk Cloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Silk Bandage]	1 piece of [Silk Cloth]	Heals 400 damage over 8 sec	150	100	Trainer
			[Heavy Silk Bandage]	2 pieces of [Silk Cloth]	Heals 640 damage over 8 sec	180	125	Vendor (Book) Alliance - Deneb Walker in Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands Horde - Balai Lok'Wein in Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
	[Mageweave Cloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Mageweave Bandage]	1 piece of [Mageweave Cloth]	Heals 800 damage over 8 sec	210	150	Vendor (Book) Alliance - Deneb Walker in Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands Horde - Balai Lok'Wein in Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
			[Heavy Mageweave Bandage]	2 pieces of [Mageweave Cloth]	Heals 1104 damage over 8 sec	-	175	-
	[Runecloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Runecloth Bandage]	1 piece of [Runecloth]	Heals 1360 damage over 8 sec	-	200	-
			[Heavy Runecloth Bandage]	2 pieces of [Runecloth]	Heals 2000 damage over 8 sec	-	225	-
	[Small Venom Sac]	Drop	[Anti-Venom]	1 small venom sac makes 3 Anti-Venom	Target is cured of poisons up to level 25	80	-	Trainer
	[Large Venom Sac]	Drop	[Strong Anti-Venom]	1 large venom sac makes 3 Strong Anti-Venom	Target is cured of poisons up to level 35	130	-	Recipe Drop
	[Huge Venom Sac]	Drop	[Powerful Anti-Venom]	1 huge venom sac makes 1 Powerful Anti-Venom	Target is cured of poisons up to level 60	300	300	Vendor Recipe: Argent Defender, Argent Quartermaster Hasana, Argent Quartermaster Lightspark, Argent Sentry, Quartermaster Miranda Breechlock,
	[Netherweave Cloth]	Drop (humanoids)	[Netherweave Bandage]	1 x [Netherweave Cloth] *	Heals 2800 damage over 8 secs	300	330	Book. From Burko (Temple of Telhamat, Hellfire Peninsula) and Aresella (Falcon Watch, Hellfire Peninsula)
			[Heavy Netherweave Bandage]	2 x [Netherweave Cloth] *	Heals 3400 damage over 8 secs	325	360

* Burning Crusade only

As you can see by the last column you need to have the First Aid skill to use the bandages but you can still give any you make to other First Aiders. You do not need the First Aid skill to use the Anti-Venom swabs.

You will need no other equipment than is listed above and can make these bandages anywhere in the field you wish, as long as you're standing still. Your skill in First Aid increases by making bandages not by using them to heal. However, it also depends on the colour of your recipe at the time of making. The colour codes are below.

Grey = Will not receive a skill point in First Aid when creating.
Green = Rarely will you gain a skill point in First Aid when creating.
Yellow = Probably gain a skill point in First Aid when creating.
Orange = Always gain a skill point in First Aid when creating.
Red = Not high enough level in First Aid to create.

Here's a captioned image of a typical First Aid Book. You will never fail when making a bandage {as is the case in some other games}.

< List of all healing items and first aider can make >

What Can I Make That Other Professions Need?

Currently, First Aid products are not required for any other professions.

Anything Else?

How Do I Use the Bandages?

You can choose one of two ways. Either click on the person (you or another) and right click on a bandage and it'll start to heal the selected person. Or right click on the bandage, see your cursor hand glow then move it onto the person you wish to heal or their portrait and left click. The longest it will take is 8 seconds and the person being healed does not need to be sat down. Performing First Aid on someone will not raise your First Aid skill.

There is a cooldown of 1 minute on bandages before you can heal the person (you or another) with another bandage.

How Do I Train to Higher Levels of First Aid?

For Expert you'll need to buy a book for 1 gold either from Deneb Walker in Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands for Alliance or from Balai Lok'Wein in Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh if you're Horde. You must have a First Aid skill level of 125 before he'll sell it to you.

Training to Artisan level demands more of you however (you need to be at least character level 35 and have a First Aid skill level of 225 first) and only then can you get the following quests.

Horde

Once you hit a character level of 40 and with at least 225 in your First Aid skill visit Arnok, in The Valley of Spirits, Orgrimmar who will give you the quest "Horde Trauma" which sends you off to see Doctor Gregory Victor in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands who will ask for you to assist him in healing patients in a quest called "Triage" which asks you to save the lives of 15 of his patients.

Alliance

Once you hit a character level of 40 and with at least 225 in your First Aid skill visit Nissa Firestone, in The Great Forge, Ironforge who will give you the quest "Alliance Trauma" which sends you off to see Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh. Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen will ask for you to assist him in healing patients in a quest called "Triage" which asks you to save the lives of 15 of his patients.

Both

Both doctors will instruct you to heal the critically injured first but it's advisable to let them die because unless you start healing them as soon as they spawn they'll usually die on you anyway and that's time wasted, time that you could have been healing a badly injured person instead. The Dr will give you 20 [Triage Bandage] to perform the healing with. Below are some tips to completing this.

1. Press Ctrl V to activate the health bar over the heads of the patients for easy health monitoring.
2. Pull your camera out to third person so you can see as much of the room as possible.
3. Put the triage bandages the doctor gave you in your action bar. Do not use your own.
4. Position yourself in the middle of the room.
5. To see all around the room you can either hold down the left mouse button to swivel the camera around you or the right mouse button to actually swivel yourself around on the spot, whichever you find allows you to click on dying patients easier. In the Horde hospital you don't even need to swivel really.
6. When a patient appears, dying, click on the Triage bandage in your action bar to begin healing.
7. Keep your eye on other patients, swivel yourself or camera round as described above to monitor spawns all around you.
8. When you see another appear left click on them to pre-select them and as soon as your current heal has finished click the bandages in your action bar and the pre-selected one will begin to heal. Saves valuable seconds this way.

As the patients are healed they'll jump up, cheer and then run to the Dr. If you fail (6 patients die) throw any remaining [Triage Bandage] away and re-request the quest from the Doctor, he'll give you a fresh batch of bandages.

Food v Bandages - Bandages heal quicker than cooked food and for more health however you can combine the two. You can eat and then bandage yourself as they stack. You can also heal pets and minions with bandages but again if they're attacked it'll break the healing channel.

Combat - It's not that you can't bandage during combat it just isn't always effective. It can be interrupted by the person being healed getting hit. However if they can pull away for a few seconds with enemy fire being drawn elsewhere you can usually get off 3 or 4 seconds of healing and on occasion that has literally been the difference between life and death.

Recap

• You can learn First Aid at character level 1
• Training costs money
• Recipes cost money (both learning and manuals)
• Performing First Aid on someone will not raise your First Aid Skill
• No bandages or anti-venom ointment (or whatever it's supposed to be) are soulbound.

Further First Aid Reading & Resources

• Forum to talk with other First Aiders
• First Aid Trainers
• First Aid Quests
• First Aid User Interface Mods
• First Aid Patch History