First aid is emergency care given immediately to someone suffering from an injury or illness until further advanced care is accessed or individual recovers. The main aim of First aid is to preserve life. Everyone should have basic first aid training. With this view, first aid training was organized by the Youth Red Cross Programme officers Mrs. Smitha M and Mrs. Roopashri K.P for the volunteers of the unit on September 25, 2019. Ms. Gloria Jenifer Rodrigues, SERV Instructor, Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), D.K was the trainer. She pointed out the different situations where in first aid is needed and also informed about the contents of first aid kit.
The first aid training was mainly based on:
- Dealing with cuts, scrapes, grazes, burns and other minor injuries.
- Managing eye injuries of different kinds.
- Immobilizing fractures, sprains and strains of joints.
- Preventing choking.
- Stopping the excessive bleeding.
- Helping unconscious patients.
In this training program apart from Youth Red Cross volunteers, members of Consumer Forum were also trained. 40 members were trained in this session.
Volunteers gained skill and confidence in implementing first aid in case of emergency.
Report By:
Smitha M.
Roopashri K.P
