With the launch of First Response Initiative, Hyderabad is the first city in India, to take up initiative to develop a pool of volunteers of First Responders to make the city an Emergency Friendly City
Over 60 private hospitals and EMRI joined the movement to train citizens as First Responders. CallAmbulance has already trained more than 100 UBER Drivers, in partnership with Continental Hospitals and Omni Hospitals.
“To participate in the First Responder training, citizens are urged to send a WhatsApp message mentioning ‘’<your Name> for FR” to +91-810-617-3902. It is aimed to train over 1Lakh Citizens in Basic Life Saving Skills starting with Hyderabad. First Responders will be able to stabilize and save victims of Common Emergencies before the ambulance arrives. Common emergencies include Cardiac Arrest, Brain Stroke, pregnancy delivery, pediatric care, road trauma etc,” informed Umashankar Adi Kotturu, CO and Co-Founder and Jagadish Vishwanadtham, COO and Co-Founder of CallAmbulance in a press note issued in city today.
And added that in India every year 7.2 Lakh Cardiac Arrests occur. Only 1% of the victims survive. This is because immediate care is not provided to the victim. As per studies the chances of survival decrease with delay in care gradually by an average of 3% to 4% per minute.
Developed countries like Israel, over the years, have trained thousands of citizens and created a volunteer network of First Responders. They were able to save a lot of lives by responding to emergency victims in less than 5 mins. The training starts from High School level in quite a few developed countries, Uma informed.
“By the end of March 2017, we will reach the mark of 100K First Responders team. Our goal is to see that there is trained first responder in every family and 3 to 5 per cent of employees in every company. Once we are successful here, we will expand to other cities in India. We will even expand beyond India,” informed Jagadish.
When an emergency victim raises alarm using CallAmbulance App it will share the exact location of the victim with these First Responders along with Ambulance Manager/108, Ambulance Driver and Doctor-on-duty, family. Only the First Responders who are in the 1KM distance will be notified. Any of the First responders can choose to respond and will come on their own vehicles and provide stabilization to the patient till the Ambulance arrives.
Any able bodied and socially motivated citizen between the age group 18 years and 55 years irrespective of gender/education can sign up for this training. Ambulance drivers are also invited to undergo this training and help victims in a better way. Car/Bus/Auto Drivers, Corporate Employees, Security Guards, College Students, people living in Residential Communities should undergo this training as they witness common emergencies.
Citizens without any prior medical knowledge will be trained to identify common emergencies, perform simple stabilization techniques to save the victim till Ambulance arrives. The session includes both theory and hands-on training. The duration of training will be around 3 to 4 hours.
After undergoing the training, the citizen is allowed to join the 100K First Response Network. Umashankar Adi Kotturu, CO and Co-Founder can be reached on 9000999006 and JagadishVishwanadtham, COO and Co-Founder on 8008220707 of CallAmbulance for more information.
