Coimbatore School Students get first aid lessons
Coimbatore,
Nov
11:
More
than
12
lakh
people
die
in
road
accidents
world-wide
out
of
which
80,000
are
in
India.
A
majority
of
them
die
owing
to
lack
of
timely
and
proper
first
aid.
The
importance
of
first
aid
and
the
method
of
administering
first
aid
to
an
accident
victim
were
demonstrated
by
experts
from
Ortho
One,
an
orthopaedic
speciality
centre
in
Coimbatore,
at
a
session
organised
for
the
students
of
Stanes
School,
recently.
David
V
Rajan,
J.Clement
Joseph
and
Sekhar
Michael,
specialists
from
the
centre,
gave
lectures
on
the
various
aspects
of
on
basic
life
support
and
trauma
care.
In an accident scene, the first thing to be done was to ensure that it was safe for the person witnessing the accident as well as the victim before rushing to help, Dr.Jospeh said. Only after ensuring safety should the witness attend to the victim.
After making sure that the person was breathing, they could ask for help. The pulse should be checked in the neck region.
As most victims died in the first hour of the accident, the victim should be taken to the hospital within one hour of the accident. This period was called the 'golden hour.'
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