CPR workshop held for parents and teachers

Hyderabad: A first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for parents and teachers, ‘Empower’, was conducted in the city on Saturday.
First aid for choking, unconsciousness, heart attack, nose bleed, poisoning and stroke were part of the session. The funds raised by this programme will be transferred to ABC (Advocates for Babies in Crisis), an NGO helping with hospitalisation of orphan kids.
Around 80 participants attended the programme, during which they practised CPR skills on mannequins.
“Though in our country there is no data about choking deaths, an estimated 1.5 lakh deaths occur globally every year due to choking alone. Heart attack and stroke account for the majority of deaths among adults, many of which can be prevented by initiating CPR on time”, Dr Sivaranjani Santosh, paediatrician, who conducted the workshop at Premia Academy, Attapur, said.
“Being a first-time mother, I had a lot of anxiety issues around my baby’s health, but doing this first aid course has given me a lot of confidence and courage. You never know how it will help you and where...,” said Pony Verma Prakash Raj.
The workshop was conducted by Dr Sivaranjani Santosh in association with Magna Code Healthcare and Education Trust and The Premia Academy.