The GVK EMRI 108 emergency ambulance service received ‘Gold recognition award’ for the exemplary first aid, CPR and advanced cardiovascular care life-saving training programmes from American Heart Association (AHA). This award was presented to the GVK EMRI by the representatives of AHA at a programme in Hyderabad recently.
Expressing his happiness on what he termed stellar achievement, the State head of GVK EMRI Uttarakhand, Manish Tinku said, “This is a proud moment for us. It is another feather in our cap.” He also added that ambulance service is determined to carry on the good work of serving the people.
From 2007, GVK EMRI is a recognised International Training Centre by AHA. This year over 10,000 healthcare providers in India were certified by GVK EMRI in Basic life Support, Advanced Cardiac life Support and Paediatric life Support certification courses. The ambulance service has over 70 valid and certified instructors of AHA on its rolls. Tinku informed that doctors, nurses, paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) seek these life supports skills based global certifications.
Junior Doctors, Residents in medical institutions and Medical Staff working in hospital Emergency Units are presently encouraged and mandated to acquire these life support skills.
GVK EMRI is also a recognized international training center by American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). He further informed that over 47,825 medical personnel were trained in global certifications at GVK EMRI so far. GVK EMRI also has a specialised department of Emergency Medicine learning Center (EMlC). EMlC has trained over 2.3 lakh candidates in different trainings so far which include 40,000 First Responders, 50,000 Basic Emergency Medical Technicians, 500 Advanced EMTs, 12,000 doctors and 34,000 nurses.