Week-long training program on ALS/BLS for paramedics concludes

Leh, Nov 15: The seven-day long training programme on Advance Life Support/Basic Life Support for the paramedical staff of UT Ladakh, organised by the State Health Society under National Health Mission, UT Ladakh in collaboration with JPNATC AIIMS, New Delhi concluded today at the Conferences Hall, SNM Hospital, Leh.
The training was organised to implement 108-dial Ambulance Services in UT Ladakh.
On the concluding day, Dr Iftikhar Chowdhary, Mission Director, National Health Mission, UT Ladakh, extended gratitude to the trainers of ALS/BLS and stressed paramedical staff about the importance of timely intervention and shifting of critical patients to the nearest hospital for advanced expert care. He also urged the paramedics to implement the learnings of the training practically on the ground.
The trainers for the seven-day program were Dr Tsering Morup, Senior Anaesthetist, SNM Hospital Leh and Dr Benazeer Khatoon, Anaesthetist, CHC Sankoo, Kargil.
The expert team from JPNATC AIIMS, New Delhi and NHSRC, New Delhi comprised Dr Tej Prakash Sinha, Dr Musarrat Siddiqui and Dr Jyothi Swaroop Bhaskarayuni. Few experts joined the training programme via virtual mode to impart training to the participants.
During the training sessions, the resource persons highlighted the importance of Basic Life Support and trained the participants about the prompt recognition of several life-threatening emergencies, how to give high-quality chest compressions, how to deliver appropriate ventilation and early use of AED.
The experts stressed the paramedical staff to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills.
Also, practical demonstrations and mock drills, including demonstrations on ALS/BLS ambulances were held during the training programme.
In the end, certificates were distributed among the participants by the Mission Director, NHM Ladakh.
A total of 36 participants from both districts of UT Ladakh attended the training program. These paramedics will be deputed at different locations with ALS ambulances to attend medical emergencies received from the public on the dedicated call number established for UT Ladakh.