-Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India
The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged schools, local bodies, panchayats and NGOs to organise regular camps to train people in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
He said that CPR training must be part of the high school or college curriculum so that more and more youngsters get acquainted with the life-saving procedure.
Speaking at an awareness program conducted at Swarna Bharat Trust, Vijayawada, where a demonstration was given on CPR and the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator) by doctors from the Indian Resuscitation Council Federation (IRCF) the Vice President stressed the importance of knowing these life saving techniques.
Venkaiah lauded IRCF for their efforts in imparting training in basic life support, comprehensive cardiac life support and paediatric advanced life support courses. Naidu called upon students from medical colleges to visit nearby schools and villages to spread awareness on CPR and the use of AED.
He said that performing CPR in time can help in emergency situations where immediate medical help is not available. Naidu suggested that private institutions, apartment complexes and resident welfare associations must keep an AED device ready at hand and train their members with the technique of CPR. “If people know how to perform CPR, they can save many lives”, he said.