Leh: The State Health Society under National Health Mission, UT Ladakh in collaboration with JPNATC AIIMS, New Delhi is organising a week-long training programme for the Paramedical Staff on Advance Life Support/Basic Life Support (ALS/BLS) at the Conferences Hall, SNM Hospital Leh.
The training is being organised to implement 108-dial Ambulance Services in UT Ladakh.
The trainers for the seven-day long program are Dr Tsering Morup, Anesthetist, SNM, Hospital Leh and Dr Benazeer Khatoon, Anesthetist, CHC Sankoo, Kargil.
The expert team from JPNATC AIIMS, New Delhi, such as Dr Tej Prakash Sinha, Dr Musarrat Siddiqui and Dr. Jyothi Swaroop Bhaskarayuni joined the training program through virtual mode.
The resource persons highlighted the importance of Basic Life Support and trained the participants about the prompt recognition of several life-threatening emergencies, how to give high-quality chest compressions, how to deliver appropriate ventilation, and the early use of AED.
The experts stressed the paramedical staff to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills.
During the training, practical demonstrations were shown to participants by Dr. Benazeer Khatoon.
The training program was attended by 40 participants from both districts of UT Ladakh.
