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."

MCD South to train its teachers on Health and Hygiene at Perfect Health Mela

MCD South in association with Heart Care Foundation of India will be organizing a training program for its teachers on 7th November, 2012, Wednesday, at Constitution Club of India, the venue for the 19th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized from 7th to 11th November, 2012.

Addressing a press conference here, Padmashri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Mr. Satish Upadhyay, Chairman Education Committee, MCD South said that a series of health educational activities are being organized for MCD school teachers.

In September this year in Dil Ka Darbar, 300 school teachers were trained in cardiac first aid and now in the forthcoming MTNL Perfect Health Mela, there will be a training of 300 school teachers on Health and Hygiene. These 300 teachers will be certified as trainers who in turn will train other school teachers and students. The training will be coordinated by Ryan Global School.

Hygiene is the most important part to be taught right at the primary school level. The components of hygiene include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, sleep hygiene, respiratory hygiene, food and water hygiene and sexual hygiene.

Hand washing done in proper way can prevent 80% of food and water borne diseases including diarrhea, typhoid and jaundice.

Respiratory hygiene involves correct way of coughing into the sleeves and not in the hands can prevent spread of rheumatic fever and flu. Water hygiene involves safe drinking water techniques. Unsafe water is responsible for most of the water borne diseases. Food hygiene involves following the principle of heat it, boil it, cook it, peal it or forget it.

 MCD South will also post its teachers and students in the mela on daily basis for acquiring knowledge about health. MCD Health Department will also be putting up dengue, malaria exhibitions and conduct health checkups.

 Following recommendations by heart care foundation of India were also released in the press conference:

 1.    All school children should be given deworming tablet albandazole once in three-six months.

2.    All school children should be given iron folic acid tablets once in a week.

3.    Hand wash technique involving six steps should be taught to every school child.

4.    Revival of heart technique learning should be compulsory for school teachers.

5.    Availability of safe water should be mandatory in school premises.

6.    Toilets in every school should be made hygienic.

The entry to the mela will be free. The mela will be a mix of exhibitions, checkups, competitions and infotainment.

Vandana Sharma Headmistress Ryan Global School said that the training program after the event will be hosted in YouTube.