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Srinagar, Jun 7 (UNI) Hundreds of police recruits were imparted training on first aid in Subsidiary Training Centre at Sheeri near Baramulla where a selection grade constable was killed and five others wounded when militants ambushed an Army convoy on June one.

The Ismail Foundation Trust had recently organised awareness camp at Sheeri in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir police.

Hundreds of fresh police recruits, undergoing training at Sheeri, being benefitted from the camp.

Dr Imtiyaz Hussain Dar, a consultant at Bone and Joints Hospital at Baramulla here and associated with the Ismail Foundation Trust, briefed the police personnel about the importance of first aid.

The police personnel were taught how to handle a victim in a conflict situation or an accident.

Dr Dar said the police personnel come into the first contact with the victim after an incident and as such they should be well versed with the first aid management.

The police recruits were also taught how to manage the victims at the scene of an incident, who to help first and how to shift the wounded to different hospitals for proper healthcare.

Dr Dar said selecting a proper hospital soon after the incident was one of the most important aspects of first aid management.

He also stressed on the need for imparting first aid training to the police personnel at the entry level itself.

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