Abia State News Special Report
150 MILITARY, PARA-MILITARY PERSONNEL UNDERGO TRAINING ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SKILLS IN ABIA (PHOTOS)
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Afnews Editor
Jun 13, 2019
In its drive to cater for the health of the citizenry
especially during emergencies, Abia State Government has approved and pledged
full logistics support for the training of military, para-military and other
allied personnel on their role during medical emergencies in the state.
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The state deputy governor, Dr. Ude Oko Chukwu, made this
known when he represented the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, at the flag-
off of the training of 150 selected officers of the Nigerian Army, Navy,
Police, Road Safety Corps, Civil Defence, Prisons, State Fire Service and Life
Guards at Swimming Pools among others, on emergency medical skillset that
include cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillator
(AED), Basic Life Saving (BLS) and First Aid care.
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The eight days training, which was organized under the
auspices of the Abia State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and has Jemisun
Allied Training and Healthcare Services, United States (US) Incorporated as the
facilitator.
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The training was conducted by Instructors engaged by
government from the US under the American Heart Association's HeartSaver CPR
AED programme.
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The project was tagged: "to equip the trainees with
specialized skills that will make them capable of rendering quick assistance to
victims of accidents, drowning, heart attack and injuries before taking them to
hospital.ÔÇØ
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According to the state EMS Medical Director, Dr. Chukwuemeka
Nwakanma, the training is an extension of the state emergency medical services
aimed at reducing mortality rate from emergency medical cases including
response time to such emergencies adding that the training is in line with
American Heart Association guidelines.
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He recalled that 140 rural and urban health workers from the
state 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) were last year similarly trained and
equipped under the American Heart Association programme for Basic Life Support
and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation.
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While the Chief Training Facilitator of Jemisun Allied
Training and Healthcare Services, Judith Nwakanma, urged the trainees to
acquire the skills to enable them save lives and prevent "unnecessary deaths.ÔÇØ
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The Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Health, Mr.
Godfrey Agu, said that the training is a milestone in governor Ikpeazu's drive
to provide better health for the state citizenry.
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