The mission of an emergency care teaching centre is :
1° To contribute, in the field of dealing with medical emergencies in normal and exceptional health situations, to the initial and ongoing training of all healthcare professionals, non-healthcare staff in health establishments and medico-social structures and, more generally, any person likely to be faced with an emergency health problem in the course of their professional activity. In this capacity, it can provide training for the level 1 and level 2 emergency first aid certificate;
2° Contribute to training for the specialised certificate in emergency first aid in the event of an exceptional health situation, in particular as part of the establishment’s white plan provided for in article L. 3131-7;
3° Participating in applied educational research, promoting health education and preventing health risks.