ABSTRACT
Background: Daily emergency conditions are increasing and are at risk of increasing mortality and morbidity in the community. Efforts to reduce the risk of emergency cases must be planned systematically by involving the community as the first responder. Purpose: The community is able to understand and know the role of first responders in emergency cases in the context of emergency first aid. Method: Community empowerment has been carried out with question and answer lectures and discussions with the media module beginning with the pre test and ending with the post test. Results: There was an increasing in the posttest value compared to the pretest value (Pretest = 52, posttest = 73 and difference = 21). Conclusion: This activity was carried out with an increase in understanding of the community about the role of the first respondent in daily emergency cases.
Keywords: community empowerment, emergency, first responder

ABSTRAK
Latar Belakang: Kondisi kegawatdaruratan sehari-hari semakin lama semakin meningkat dan beresiko meningkatkan angka kematian dan kesakitan pada masyarakat. Upaya penurunan resiko kasus kegawatdaruratan harus direncanakan secara sistematis  dengan melibatkan masyarakat sebagai first responder.  Tujuan: Masyarakat mampu memahami dan mengetahui peran first responder kasus kegawatdaruratan dalam rangka  pertolongan pertama gawat darurat. Metode: Pemberdayaan masyarakat telah dilakukan dengan ceramah tanya jawab dan diskusi dengan media modul diawali pre test dan diakhiri post test. Hasil: Terjadi peningkatan nilai posttest disbanding nilai pretest (Pretest=52, posttest=73 dan selisih=21)  Kesimpulan: kegiatan ini terlaksana dengan lancar dengan hasil terdapat peningkatan pemahaman masyarakat tentang peran first responder kasus kegawatdaruratan seharihari.
Kata kunci: pemberdayaan masyarakat, kegawatdaruratan, first responder