‘Time Saved is Life Saved’-Emergency Life Support Workshop held at Father Muller
‘Time Saved is Life Saved’-Emergency Life Support Workshop held at Father Muller Medical College Hospital.
Mangaluru: The Savior group organized a workshop on Emergency Life Support at Father Muller Hospital Conference Hall on 15 September 2018. The workshop was conducted as a part of the conference ‘Pre-Hospital Care and Medical Emergencies’, which is being held on 15 and 16 September at Town Hall.
About 30 delegates with various professions were the beneficiaries of the training programme. The workshop was an initiative taken to train the first responders on the life-saving techniques and especially to encourage the layman’s role in life-saving in cases of emergency situations.
A hands-on training was given to the participants on important topics like resuscitation from cardiac arrest (CPR), first-aid techniques for bleeding, fracture and sprain. Discussions on providing first aid in snake bite, fits, shock, anaphylaxis, asthma attack etc were held and demonstrations were performed.
Dr Shreedhara Arabratha, Dept of Paediatrics, Dr Chirag, Dept of Surgery, Dr Rithesh, Dpt of Anaesthesia, Dr Shailaja, Dpt of Anaesthesia, Dr Rashmi Alva, Dept of Paediatrics and Dr Franko, Dept of Orthopedics were the resource persons for the training programme.
The programme was well appreciated by the delegates.
