First Aid Pre Hospital & Emergency Care is a flagship program working under Red Crescent Punjab with footprints in Punjab and continuously providing free of cost training to Doctors, Paramedical Staff, Medical Professionals, College Students and Teachers, Government Departments, and the Journalist Community on the whole.
To fulfill the ongoing objective, the First Aid Team of Red Crescent Punjab organized a two-day advanced level first aid training with CPR on 21st and 22nd March 2023 at Kot Khawaja Saeed Medical and Teaching Hospital, Lahore, where, doctors and paramedical staff of the hospital were given a brief introduction about first aid and CPR with practical demonstrations and real-time practice so that they can able to justify the training by responding to any situation occur in case of emergency.
Moreover, the audience was also briefed about different types of first aid provided in learning/enhancing basic life-saving skills in case of health emergencies at the workplace, be it a bleeding management case, an unconscious patient’s management, choking, burns management, sudden collapses, other circulatory emergencies in times of Earthquake, Heat Stroke, etc.
In addition, the audience was given a short introduction to the RCRC Movement, Mandate, Mission, Core Functions, and Fundamental Principles of Red Crescent Punjab with the objective of creating awareness among trained participants. The participants appreciated the training methodology and curriculum of first aid and the contribution of Red Crescent Punjab toward humanity. In the end, the closing ceremony was followed by certificate distribution among participants who cleared the training after evaluation.