ROAD SAFETY

Centre to start new course to prevent road accident deaths

More than a 1,000 accidents occur on Indian roads every day, and a life is lost every four minutes. Road accidents are the commonest cause of deaths under 35 years, according to several studies on the subject. 

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To counter this loss of life—one that can be easily prevented by taking appropriate measures in the first ten minutes—the health ministry has launched the First Responder course for professionals and the general public, under its 'Skill a life, Save a life' initiative—a short-term skill based program in the health sector. 

Starting next month, this course would be conducted in central and state government training institutes across the country to ensure that people would have vital skills for first aid and initial care in case of an emergency. 

This course would help save lives during  the golden hour—the first hour after a traumatic injury, when emergency treatment is most likely to be successful. "This is part of a larger plan and programme for ensuring universal health coverage. This program will provide trained and skilled people by broadening the base to include the community. Through such programs, we create a mass of 'first responders' who complement the specialists/experts to fill the vacuum of adequately trained professionals,"said C.K. Mishra, secretary, health and family welfare. 

The course module has been designed by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare and AIIMS. 

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