Karachi (Cliff News)In dangerous countries like Pakistan, media personnel are being exposed to more and more dangers in the field. That is why Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) in collaboration with Liaquat National Hospital held a specialized basic first-aid – ‘basic emergency and trauma management’ – training for media personnel, mainly reporters and cameramen. Program Director Research and Skills Development Centre Liaquat National Hospital, Dr. Kahkashan Tahir,and her team specially designed training module as per requirement of journalists, including training components from CPR, First Aid and Trauma Management. This was done on specialized training simulators present in state of the art and fully equipped training centre of LNH.
KUJ’s members were trained on how to externally pump the heart and give artificial breathing in a victim with a sudden stopped heart and lung functions; how to give a shock to such a victim by automated shock giving machine – AED; how to recognize the alarming signs and act quickly when the victim is in this condition.
How to relieve a victim of choked windpipe i.e. to remove the particle blocking air passage and recover breathing.
What precautions to take while giving first aid to a victim. The injury management: i.e. how to control visible bleeding; what to do in cases of internal bleeding; how to manage bullet and explosion injuries; different kinds of bandaging techniques; what is the right approach of lifting and shifting a victim; how to achieve spinal column immobilization of a trauma victim to save his spinal cord and to prevent him from lifelong paralysis; how to safely remove the victim stuck inside a vehicle in a road traffic accident.
And what are the immediate necessary actions that can save anyone from a heat stroke and in other related emergencies.
“‘Basic emergency and trauma management’ training is extremely important for people to learn, especially journalists.” Said Wajid Isfahani – General Secretary KUJ. “KUJ vows to collaborate with Liaquat National Hospital’s Research and Skills Development Centre, and Dr. Kahkashan Tahir and Director Media Anjum Rizvi. for more trainings in the future.”
“We will be talking to different media organizations regarding first aid training to their employees, including DSNG van drivers and guards so that if need arises they can save lives.” Isfahani added. “We will also emphasis on the importance of putting a6 complete first-aid kit in every DSNG van.”
The participants who attended this training unanimously agreed that basic first aid trainings were very important for media personnel, especially those in the field. And that such training should be organized more frequently, adding advance first-aid training be also be given to them.