The discipline "Medical First Aid" was established in 2003. It is included in the curriculum as a compulsory subject in the first year of study at the Faculty of Medicine of UMF Craiova.

The material base is represented by teaching equipment, multifunctional manikins for training in basic and advanced adult and pediatric resuscitation, equipment for learning automated external defibrillation as well as trauma immobilization equipment, equipment that is located in the UMF Craiova Simulation / Training Center.

The discipline has its own lecture:

1. First aid lecture. Authors: dr. Rotaru Luciana Teodora, dr. Rotaru Adrian. Editura Medicală Universitară Craiova 2004.

2. Emergency medicine. Edited by Rotaru Luciana Teodora, Forțofoiu Maria, Forțofoiu Mircea-Cătălin. Editura Medicală Universitară Craiova, 2021.