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 First Aid (Profession)
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| Quests • Recipes • Trainers |
First Aid is a secondary profession which enables a player to heal themselves or others, and to remove poisons. First Aid practitioners may create a variety of bandages which can be used to heal any player. Bandages can be made from either [Linen Cloth], [Wool Cloth], [Silk Cloth], [Mageweave Cloth], [Runecloth], [Netherweave Cloth], or [Frostweave Cloth] (see list of cloths). Higher quality cloth produces more effective bandages. When applied to a character, bandages cannot be reapplied to that same character for the next 60 seconds, until the "Recently Bandaged" debuff disappears. First Aid practitioners can also make anti-venom consumables from venom sacs dropped by various poisonous monsters (e.g., scorpids and spiders), though they are not as powerful as those created by Alchemists.
Uses
First Aid is highly recommended to all classes as a way of reducing downtime between battles, by quickly restoring health after combat. Even classes with healing spells can benefit, since using a bandage after combat will conserve mana, saving the time otherwise spent drinking.
Bandages, usable in or out of combat, also have a large role in groups and raids. Characters who are not tanking or healing can back away from the battle at hand and apply a bandage to themselves, to help save the healer's mana. However, be warned that being hit (including damage over time spells) while applying a bandage will cancel its channeled heal. A remedy to this problem is to stun, fear, or find some other means to lose the aggro of that monster long enough to get some use out of the bandage.
Skill level guide
To begin your first aid career, seek out the First Aid trainer in the starting zone for your race. There are no prerequisites for learning First Aid other than the 10 copper you'll be charged. Once you've acquired the First Aid skill, you can begin making Linen Bandages immediately and your potential skill level will be 75. Thereafter, consult the following table as you progress in First Aid skill.
Death knights begin with 270 First Aid skill and knowledge of all recipes through Heavy Runecloth Bandages.
Training locations
Trainers are located in each city and in several other population centers. Consult the list of trainers or ask a guard for directions. If the trainer you find can no longer teach you, they will direct you to the next appropriate trainer.
Optional Quest
Prior to patch 3.1.0 the Heavy Mageweave, Runecloth and Heavy Runecloth Bandage Skills had to be learned from special First Aid quest-givers. As of patch 3.1.0 this quest is optional and upon completing this quest, you will instead receive 20 [Heavy Runecloth Bandages] and an [Alliance Trauma Certification]. Quest givers are:
[35] Triage quest in Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh.- [35] Triage quest in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands.
Master
Can be learned only from Outland Master First Aid trainers in:
Patch 3.0.9 (2009-02-10): Master training no longer requires level 50 but does require first aid skill of 275. Train under 
Brynna Wilson in Valiance Keep.
Grand Master
Grand Master first aid trainers can be found in any of the four starting quest hubs in Northrend:
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 Horde
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| Howling Fjord | Valgarde | Vengeance Landing[79.4, 29.4] |
| Borean Tundra | Valiance Keep[57.8, 66.4] | Warsong Hold[41.6, 54.3] |
Grand Master training costs 50
and requires a skill of 350.
[Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage] is a world drop from any level-75 or higher humanoid creature in Northrend, providing that the player has a skill level of 390 in First Aid.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): You no longer need to complete the "Triage" quest to attain Artisan First Aid. Instead you can learn the Artisan skill from the trainers in the capital cities.
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): You no longer need to learn First Aid from books. The trainers have finally done their reading and are able to teach you the same thing.
External links
- For leveling guides please visit Tradeskill leveling guides
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