Hostile Environment and Emergency First Aid Training, also known as HEFAT is a standard type of training in first aid, given to people entering hostile environments, mostly for work, and often to journalists.
Paul Rees, a former Royal Marine, devised the course.
All BBC journalists entering hostile environments must do the HEFAT course.
[1] Other employers in difficult environments also make the course obligatory.
The course is designed for the individual's safety and health, and not as training as a paramedic.