Pramesh S Jain
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he Bengaluru city police has set world record for providing 2500 police personnel with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support skills in a day which has been recognised by London Book of records.
The training was held at the Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium and organised in collaboration with the Sankalpa Chase Cancer Foundation.
The event saw the participation of traffic and law and order police,security personnel from the Vidhana Soudha and and 48 security personnel from Raj Bhavan.
Everyone should receive life-saving first aid training as it can save precious lives.Every day,police witness several incidents,hence training them with first aid techniques is crucial as it can save lives,’health minister Dinesh Gundurao who inaugurated the program at Kanteerava indoor stadium in January 14,said .
According to the experts,majority of the countries have provided these skills to the members of the General public while in India it was not encouraged .
According to the statistics,90 percent of the population in Czech Republic have been trained in CPR while 30 per cent of the Population in US have been given training on CPR and life support skills which is crucial in case of any eventuality.
However in India the awareness and training among the people is estimated to be 0.05 percent .
The Organizer of the event,handed over the world record certificate to the city Police Commissioner,B.Dayananda on Tuesday.
We are proud to share that Bengaluru City Police has been recognized by the World Book of Records,London,for participation in the largest CPR training session conducted in a single day.
The event, organized by ICATT Foundation on January 14th, 2024, at Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, saw 2,240 Bengaluru city police personnel trained in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
This underscores our dedication towards enhancing life-saving skills for the safety and well-being of our community.#WeServeWeProtect tweeted by Commissioner of Police B Dayananda.
