Medical Experts Train 150 Students on CPR Skills in Kwara

 

 

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo

Dr Femi Ogunremi, Founder of Monitor Healthcare Limited, has organised Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training for 150 selected pupils of Kwara-based secondary schools to save more lives in the country.

Ogunremi said there was a need to start to change the narrative from people dying to surviving after a slump, through basic life skills.

He explained that it was imperative to start equipping children with the skills to change the narrative from people dying to surviving when they collapse.

He said that the training was the first of its kind and the aim was to reach out to as many schools across the country to engage the stakeholders to key into training children on the skills.

According to him,  We have been training the adults for some time now, and so, we feel that it will be good to bring it from a downward-upward approach to also get the children to understand it.

“The process of CPR when someone collapses is to call out the person’s name, beat their shoulder and open their airways to check whether they are breathing if they are not, it means they are in the collapse stage now.

“You can not resuscitate someone that collapse alone, make sure you call for help and ensure that they are coming and initiate 30 chest compression and two rescue breathing.

”So within one minute make sure you have done 100-120 chest compression.

“You carry on like that until they bring the equipment to jump-start the heart to resuscitate the person”, he said.

Ogunremi added that he collaborated with Rio Foundation to train 150 students of secondary schools in Kwara.

The Kwara First Lady, Amb. Olufolake Abdulrazaq commended the organiser on their decision to undertake the training.

Olufolake, who was represented by the Commissioner for Human Affairs, said the training reflects a deep sense of responsibility and desire to provide the best possible care to those in need.

One of the participants, Ajayi Oluwaseyifunmi, a student of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus said that the training has taught them about CPR which is a life-saving technique for someone who collapsed and needs to be resuscitated

“We understand that the techniques are not well practised in Nigeria and they want us to learn and spread the message to the world so that more people are safe”, she said.

He advised Nigerians to learn the process of CPR to save the lives of their loved ones.

Another participant, Segun Balogun, a student of Chapel Secondary School, said “With the knowledge of the CPR I acquired in the training, I have confidence now that I can attend to another person in that situation”.

” I have been taught in detail, the right test to adopt to bring such a person back to life”, he said. (NAN)

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