With the notion of educating students about basic emergency life support system a CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) skill course was conducted by doctors of AIIMS Raipur in Bharatmata School at Tatibandh on Saturday.
Dr Subrat Singh, Asst Prof. Dept. of Anesthesia, Dr Sabah Siddiqui Asst Prof. Dept. of Medicine, Dr Atul Jindal, Asst. Prof Dept of Pediatrics, Dr Tej Prakash Sinha Asst Prof Dept of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, AIIMS conducted the course.
All 78 students of class 12th in school belonging to science as well as commerce stream participated in the course. The course began with an introductory video presented by Dr Subrat Singh, where he emphasized on the need of doing BlS (Basic life Support) course. This was followed by the lecture video on High Quality CPR by Dr Sabah Siddiqui.
The second video comparing the lone rescuer versus two person rescuer scenario was presented by Dr Atul Jindal where he highlighted the importance of effective chest compression in saving a life. At last Dr Tej Prakash Sinha discussed on how to save a person who has chocked, he demonstrated the method to relieve chocking.
There were eight skill stations for CPR techniques conducted by the doctors. The respective skill stations were performed on different mannequins by the students under guidance from the doctors of AIIMS.