Odisha: CPR training to 1 lakh community members 

Odisha

Bhubaneswar, August 25: The American Heart Association (AHA) and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has joined the hands to train more than 1 lakh community members on life saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skill in next two years, said AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr. Ashutosh Biswas here on Thursday.

“Survival from cardiac arrest largely depends on how quickly CPR is started and the quality of CPR given. It is estimated that 98% of the residents are not trained in CPR. CPR is an easy hand technique to maintain the heart function,” said Biswas here on the occasion of launching Community CPR education in India building a Nation of Lifesavers with a collaborative effort of American Heart Association (AHA) and AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Biswas is also the Co-Convener AHA-AIIMS Collaborative.

“Providing Life Saving Simple CPR training in the community can help to large extent for the above purpose. In this context, AHA & AIIMS Bhubaneswar will train more than 1 lakh Community Members over two years,” added Biswas.

Intervening within 2-3 minutes of cardiac arrest is crucial to maintain blood circulation to the brain and get time for availability of immediate medical facility or an ambulance. In such scenarios the role of bystanders (life saver) becomes vital to make sure the brain survives until medical services are available, added Biswas.

Chief of Mission Aligned Business and Health Care Solutions, AHA John Meiners, Convener AHA-AIIMS Collaborative and President AIIMS Mangalagiri Dr. TS Ravikumar, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Medical Superintendent Dr. S N Mohanty, DEAN(Research) Dr. Binod Kumar Patro, DEAN (Exam) Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohanty, Programme Leader AHA-AIIMS Collaborative Dr. Priyamadhaba Behera, and Divya Trikha, Mission Advancement, Advisor AHA highlighted about the importance of training community simple CPR skills.

Nearly 500 master trainers were trained in this programme. Each trained volunteer will train at least 75 community members in hands-only CPR. Through this effort more than one lakh community members will be trained in the next two years.

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