Awareness increased on CPR among police personnel

Multispecialty hospital, KIMS conducted an edifying session on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CSR) exclusively for the second batch of Hyderabad Traffic Police on Tuesday. Upto 45 personnel received hands on training on this life-saving technique for medical emergencies that occurs outside hospital walls.

Speaking at the programme, KIMS Hospital’s Senior Cardiologist and Course Director, Dr B Hygriv Rao- said, “Approximately 7,00,000 die with sudden cardiac arrest in our country each year. Cardiac arrest can occur not only in a patient with heart disease but can also be the first presenting problem in an apparently normal individual.

Approximately 95 per cent of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital. When a person has a cardiac arrest, within four to six minutes brain cells begin to die and in 10- 16 minutes, he is completely brain dead. Chances of survival decrease by 10 per cent with every minute of delay.

Sadly, only a small number of victims receive CPR as awareness levels are very low amongst public. “Quick initiation of CPR by a lay person who witnesses this event of cardiac arrest will increase their chance of survival by 300 per cent.

Using an Automated External defibrillator (AED) will increase success of CPR much more as it is programmed to guide the user to shock abnormal dangerous rhythms to normal. Patients can then be transported to a hospital for further treatment,” said the doctor.

The programme was highly educative with supervised hands on training on the technique of CPR, as a team of expert critical care specialists department facilitated it with lectures, videos and presentations. The police personnel took part in interactive sessions and were made to also undergo practical training using mannequins.