Social Awareness Camp by IPER UG Students

Unpleasant though the situation is but the fact is that the accident occurs and the worst part is to be a helpless witness to it. To be able to handle this emergency situation, we all should have a basic knowledge of “First Aid Procedure” to help the injured. IPER UG Students CSR Community “Divine Hands” organized a social awareness program to generate awareness among school, college students and local community of the suburban aread of Bhopal – Misrod Town. The theme of the program was to spread Social Awareness on “First Aid Procedures”.

First aid procedure comprises of simple techniques that can be very helpful in saving someone’s life. It can be carried out by any layman to help the injured or the affected patient until professional treatment can be received.

According to one survey, around 3000 people die of heart attack everyday and most of them die due to lack of immediate help. While in rural areas numbers are more than the urbans. To some extent, this situation can be avoided with the awareness of first aid medical facilities in the society. Although the Government and NGOs have started several social programs to spread the awareness in rural areas, but, the effectiveness of these programs depends on how the society takes it up.

The “Divine Hands” Students community of IPER UG Bhopal conducted this program with the support of Doctors from Noble Hospital (Misrod). The awareness program was held at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Misrod, Bhopal on 24th Oct 2017.

Details of IPER UG’s First Aid Awareness Camp

During this camp, Dr. Deepali Mishra, Dr. Reeta Bharke, Dr. Sourabh Singh of Noble Hospital Bhopal and Ms. Amita Shrivastava (Principal of Misrod Higher Secondary School) were present.

  More than 50 students from higher classes of the School attended the session and were keen to grasp the basic knowledge of first aid.

In the session, Dr. Saurabh Singh discussed the importance of first aid procedure and elaborated its details to students. He highlighted the correct way of performing the first aid steps in different situations. The session proceeded in a very interactive mode with the involvement of school students, IPER volunteers and doctors.

Dr. Reeta Bharke guided students about the oral hygiene procedures to maintain oral health and skin healthy. Dr. Deepali Mishra discussed the proper nutrition value, the perfect diet which is a requirement of the growing body. She described the source for supplementing the carbohydrate, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals and other important nutrients. She gave the perfect balance of food diet for acquiring better health.

The Students of IPER UG presented Street Plays based on the requirement of first aid and road safety signals. The Play also emphasized upon the importance of the understanding of one’s moral and social responsibility at the time of an accident occurs and first aid procedure.

The benefits of first aid medical facilities are hard to estimate directly. However, knowledge of first aid skills can save a precious life. By receiving proper First-Aid training, each one of us can serve the society.