Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - February - First aid

2026 – February – First aid

The new challenge features First aid: training, equipment, history, etc..

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout February UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. February 2026 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  REGA rescue team
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  Brilliant green (зелёнка) used as a disinfectant on a knee injury
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  First aid kit essentials - gauze dressing, non-woven tape
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  Training kit for emergency response officers
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  Pocket-sized first aid kit
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  first aid station during event in Macau
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  AED in Museum of Macau
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  Lifebuoys at Nam Van Lake
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  First Aid Basic Kit
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  Automated External Defibrillator With Screen
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  Applying adhesive bandage to foot
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  TV guide at Superior Hospital
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  Mantioba Vaccine sticker
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  First aid for a heel abrasion
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  Gauze dressings, plasters
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  First aider coming through!
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  First Aid to an Injured
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  Rescue of a potentially infectious patient; demonstration by the Berufsrettung Wien. Vienna 2025, Austria.
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  A labrador retriever of the search and rescue dog unit of the Austrian Red Cross. Vienna 2025, Austria.
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  Emergency of the EMS incident commander of the Burggrafenamt-Vinschgau zone of South Tyrol. 2019, Italy.
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  „Siegeszug“ ist ein einzigartiges Wandermuseum, die weltweit erste immersive Installation in einem fahrenden Zug, bestehend aus 10 thematischen Waggons. St. Petersburg 2025, Russland.
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  „Siegeszug“ ist ein einzigartiges Wandermuseum, die weltweit erste immersive Installation in einem fahrenden Zug, bestehend aus 10 thematischen Waggons. St. Petersburg 2025, Russland.
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  BCB Distress emergency whistle, floating & extremely loud -- a must for your safety in the mountains or on the water
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  Lifeguards observe an ice bathing session
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  Leatherman Raptor Rescue trauma shears: scissors, strap cutter, ring cutter, car glass breaker
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  moderner Rettungswagen
  modern ambulance
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  VW Bulli als Krankenwagen der 70er
  VW Bulli as an ambulance of the 70s
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  historische Erste Hilfe-Koffer
  historical first aid kits
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  Rettungshubschrauber der DRF und des ADAC während einer Übung über dem Rhein in Köln.
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  Ein Rettungshubschrauber der DRF wäheren einer Übung vor dem Kölner Dom.
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  Einsatzfahrzeug des DRKs auf der B500 bei Waldhaus im Schnee.
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  Manewry Ratownicze - first aid training at Ustka beach
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  Horse rescue vehicle at the Palio di Siena in Siena, Italy.
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  Public automated external defibrillator (AED), mounted on the side wall of the parcel locker, Wełniana Street, Wrocław, Poland
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  Plaster on a grazed knee
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  Rescue helicopter D-HDPS at Ludwigshafen City Hospital
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  First aid kit for leisure, travel and hobby
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  Emergency doctor call-out in Berlin
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  Sea rescue cruiser "Nis Randers" in the harbour of Barhöft, Vorpommern, Germany
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  Rescue Helicopter type Bell 212 after lifting off in Ammersbek, Germany
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  Lifebuoy at ferry landing stage of Elbe river, Zollenspieker, Hamburg, Germany
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  Lifeguards on watchtower at the beach in Carcans Plage, France
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  Vintage ambulance, Gotland, Sweden
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  Transport of an emergency patient from the helicopter landing pad to the Krehl Clinic, Heidelberg University Hospital
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  Bavarian Red Cross ambulance on a mission in Franconian Switzerland
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  Airbus Helicopter H145 of Deutsche Luftrettung after take-off from Bamberg Hospital
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  Swiss Rega provides first aid and rescue at an accident near the Oberalp Pass, as car breaks through barrier
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  An automated external defibrillator (AED) installed in a shopping mall.
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  AED in Düsseldorf vandalized with stickers and graffiti
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  An ambulance crew placing an injured person on a stretcher in Japan.
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  Herzdruckmassage First aid
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  Emergency physician rapid response vehicle of the rescue service Weißes Kreuz in Bozen/Bolzano
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  First aid helicopter rescue in the French Alps
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  First aid helicopter rescue in the French Alps
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  First aid helicopter rescue in the French Alps
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  First aid helicopter rescue in the French Alps
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  Historical air rescue aircraft Noorduyn Norseman at Flygvapenmuseum
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  A stretcher with emergency medical equipment
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  Lifting a person in a rescue basket.
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  First aid Training in Austria
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  A German ambulance
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