Bangalore : Narayana Health City in association with Society for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI) and Association of Health Care Providers India (AHPI) has launched a National Cardiac Life support program. Intended for health care providers, the programme will impart training on basic and advanced life support techniques and enable practitioners to offer resuscitation for patients both within as well as outside the Hospital.
Modeled on the lines of international courses conducted in USA, the ‘Make in India’ programme has been conceptualized adopting the valid international guidelines and adapting to unique scenarios that occur in India. The first-of-its kind training programme was hosted at Narayana Health City and launched by Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman Narayana Health along with Dr. Alexander Thomas, President –AHPI. A national level programme, the initiative aims to host the training in at least 200 institutions and train around 20000 healthcare professionals by the year end.
“Identifying and offering the most effective and timely emergency service can avert a possible mishap in most of the people with sudden cardiac arrest. A timely intervention not only saves a person but it also saves the family and the community family”, said Dr. Srinath T S, Group Head, Emergency Services, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru.
since long time.a great initiative and need of the hour.
and basic need of hour.