Thousands of police officials are managing the crowd on Mumbai roads daily and contribute to the security lifeline of the city. Often, these officials come across life-threatening situations; some of those include medical emergencies and accidents be it to adults or children. Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, India’s leading chain of maternity, child care and fertility care group of Hospitals based in Vashi in collaboration with APMC Police station, Navi Mumbai organized a Basic Life Support training for the police officials. The training was hosted with the intent of raising awareness and standard of care for handling all types of adult, infant, gynaec and cardiac emergencies. They were informed about handling all types of adult, infant, gynaec and cardiac emergencies. Training was coordinated by Dr.Manish Ramteke (consultant -Pediatrics & Neonatology) & instructed by Mrs.Winsy Joseph (Asst.Manager- Nursing) at Cloudnine Hospital, Vashi.
More than 40 participants received training in "Basic Life Support and First Aid" with support from Cloudnine doctors and para medical staff. The training in APMC, police station was done by a team of LifeSupport Instructors from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cloudnine Hospital, Vashi. Follow-up health check-up was conducted at the sidelines of the training comprising of random blood sugar, ECG evaluation, blood pressure check and consultations with doctors.
Dr. Manish Ramteke, Consultant, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Vashi said, "In an emergency, situation be it for adults or infants, it is our duty to provide first-aid and quickly get the victim to the hospital. If anyone hesitates or delay the transportation, then it can prove fatal with life threatening circumstances. Every family should have at one person trained in Basic Life Support and First-Aid skills.” Adding further Dr Manish Ramteke said “Training officials with life support skills will help stabilise patients till medical aid is provided, thereby significantly improving the medical outcomes when the patient finally arrives at the hospital.”