3rd CPR 10 Camp for South District Delhi Police

 

Inaugurating the 3rd CPR 10 Camp for South District Delhi Police, Mr. B S Jaiswal, DCP South said that the job of Delhi Police is not only to handle crime but also to provide first aid when needed. He said that South District Delhi Police has taken initiative of training all its personnel in the technique of CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so that they can provide not only basic first aid but also cardiac first aid.

Administering a training to over 600 Delhi Police personnel, Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that even gasping is a sign of cardiac arrest. One should start chest compression hands only CPR in a gasping person.

Dr. Aggarwal further said that a person can be revived even after 10 minutes of death if at the time of death the body temperature is lower than 95⁰F.

Cardiac first aid, which involves learning the technique of CPR 10 is effective in cases of heart attack, electrocution, drowning, chocking or any other sudden death.

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 61668 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 10×10 i.e. 100 per minute."