First Aid

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],  [Frostweave Cloth],  [Embersilk Cloth] or  [Windwool 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.

Official overview

Physicians save lives in the dangerous world of Azeroth by using bandages and antidotes to heal injuries and remove poisons. By turning cloth of varying quality into potent medical supplies, they can quickly get wounded heroes back into a fight, supplementing (but not replacing) magical means of healing.

First Aid is a secondary profession - anyone can train as a physician, no matter how many other professions they've devoted themselves to.

Antidotes and bandages can be created almost anywhere, as long as you have the appropriate ingredients - cloth (for bandages) and venom sacs (for anti-venom).

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 can also be applied to the combat pets.

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. In addition, if you're in a raid instance or boss fight where your classes skills are ineffective (Such as anything with an Anti-Magic Field), or you're silenced or something similar, you can use Bandages to back up the healers temporarily (Just stay away from AOE attacks and you'll be fine)

An attempt to apply the bandage during the fight has a risk of loosing it without any use if the aid procedure has been interrupted by the enemy strike.

Skill level guide

Skill	Source	Learn
1	Trainer	Train First Aid and  [Linen Bandage]
40	Trainer	[Heavy Linen Bandage]
50	Trainer	Raise potential to 150
80	Trainer	[Wool Bandage] and  [Anti-Venom]
115	Trainer	[Heavy Wool Bandage]
125	Trainer	Raise potential to 225
130	Recipe	[Strong Anti-Venom]
150	Trainer	[Silk Bandage]
180	Trainer	[Heavy Silk Bandage]
210	Trainer	[Mageweave Bandage]
225	Trainer	Raise potential to 300
240	Trainer	[Heavy Mageweave Bandage]
260	Trainer	[Runecloth Bandage]
290	Trainer	[Heavy Runecloth Bandage]
300	Recipe	[Powerful Anti-Venom]
300	Trainer	Raise potential to 375
300	Trainer	[Netherweave Bandage]
330	Trainer	[Heavy Netherweave Bandage]
350	Trainer	Raise potential to 450
350	Trainer	[Frostweave Bandage]
400	Recipe	[Heavy Frostweave Bandage]
425	Trainer	Raise potential to 525
425	Trainer	[Embersilk Bandage]
475	Trainer	[Heavy Embersilk Bandage]
525	Trainer	[Dense Embersilk Bandage]
525	Trainer	Raise potential to 600
525	Trainer	[Windwool Bandage]
550	Trainer	[Heavy Windwool Bandage]
600	Automatic	[Heavy Windwool Bandage] (efficient)
1	Recipe	Raise potential to 700
1	Recipe	[Antiseptic Bandage]
1	Recipe	[Blackwater Anti-Venom]
1	Recipe	[Fire Ammonite Oil]
1	Recipe	[Healing Tonic]
1		[Silkweave Bandage]
1		[Treat Fever]

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.

A level 1 character (with enough gold) can raise their first aid skill to 225, high enough to use  [Heavy Runecloth Bandage]s providing another character creates them.

Death knights begin with 270 First Aid skill and knowledge of all trainer-taught recipes up to 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. Any trainer may teach you all ranks of First Aid.

The only recipe not taught by a trainer is  [Manual: Strong Anti-Venom].

 [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. However it is not mandatory, as the trainer will teach this recipe.

Optional Quest

Upon completing this quest, you will instead receive 20  [Heavy Runecloth Bandage] and an  [Alliance Trauma Certification]/ [Horde Trauma Certification]. Quest givers are:

• Quest:Triage (Alliance) quest in Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh.
• Quest:Triage (Horde) quest in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): First Aid trainers now train all ranks.
  
• 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.

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.

• Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Skill increase rate has been slowed down
  

See also

• Tradeskill leveling guides

External links

For leveling guides please visit Tradeskill leveling guides

World of Warcraft Community Site