All police personnel under DCP (South Zone) to be trained in CPR10

Inaugurating the 1^st session of CPR 10 for the police personnel, Mr. B.S. Jaiswal, DCP(South) said that for the first time DCP(South) along with Heart Care Foundation of India will be training every police personnel in first aid including CPR 10.  Mr. Jaiswal said that most of time, the police is the first on the scene to reach in an emergency. Training in first aid will not only help them to tackle victims of road traffic accidents, but also victims of electrocution and sudden unexpected deaths at home.  This training would also help to build a better police-public relation. 

Conducting the camp where training was provided to 600 police personnel, Padma Shri and Dr BC Roy National Awardee and President Heart Care Foundation of India, Dr. KK Aggarwal said that covering 100% police personnel in one district will be a role model, which can be adopted and implemented in other districts in Delhi and similarly in other parts of the country.  Dr. Aggarwal said that death is reversible in the first 10 minutes if CPR 10 is provided to the victims of cardiac arrest.

Dr Aggarwal said that it is the police who can reach a victim in 10 minutes. It may not be possible for public to take the victim to the nearest medical establishment in the first 10 minutes. 

Besides cardiac arrest, the police personnel were also taught how to handle and provide first aid for choking, electrical deaths, drowning, burns, road traffic injuries, fire, etc.  Giving an example, Dr. Aggarwal said that covering the nose with a cloth wet with water can be the first aid for victims who are trapped in smoke to prevent inhalation of smoke.  If both are not available, then one can tear his shirt and use his own urine for the same.

The police personnel were not only taught how to provide first aid but also how to handle e triage where the more serious patients need to be attended first.  Basic training on how to handle blast victims was also provided. 

The weekly sessions will be held at Sahodaya School, School Auditorium, Safdarjung Development Area, opposite Hauz Khas till every police personnel has been trained in South District.

About HCFI: The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on" Hands only CPR" of 57939 people since 1st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – "within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute."