thanks for responding. i'll respond to everyone here. Sudeshna and Shiva, your total blindness is not a hindrance. i am also totally blind, with an additional partial hearing impairment. the skills are very hands-on, and any of us can save a life if needed. i hope to be able to work with a group of people in a city, so it makes it worth our while to come out there. a group of 15 persons at a time is the optimum number to work with. if you are part of an organization, either at work, or otherwise, it will make it easier to mobilize a programme such as this. i think our organizations where we work should be made aware of this as well, so they can work with us on this. if you have something like that in mind, or someone with whom i can get in touch, i'd be glad to discuss details. Sharad, thanks for that offer. it was wonderful meeting with you; and you will definitely be my go-to person for advise and ways forward. George, Season's greetings. will wait to hear from you in the new year. i am truly looking forward to this endeavour.
On 12/24/19, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > This is brilliant Payal. Will connect with you in the New Year. > > Best, > > George > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Payal Ki Jhankar > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 11:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] CPR, AED, & First Aid training for persons with disabilities > > hi All, > this might be a lengthy mail. request you to bear with me, since there is > some useful information here. > i have, in the past few months begun working with an organization working > in > the field of saving lives- selling medical emergency equipment, disaster > preparedness, first aid kits, evacuation equipment, and the like. part of > our job is also to train individuals, and organizations in first-aid, and > CPR. to ensure i have the facts right, i've aquired a certification from > the > American Heart Association's Basic life support programme as a service > provider. it was interesting to teach the doctors how to work around a > person with total blindness and partial hearing impairment, while learning > life saving skills from them. > going one step further, i was in Bangalore,partnering with Rotary Bangalore > Abilities- at Samarthanam Trust last weekend to train persons with vision > impairment and a couple of other disabilities the art of saving a life. > a day long programme taught them how to identify a heart attack, its > difference from a cardiac arrest and the quick response time. > additionally, we walked them through all the CPR manouvers practically on > medical manikins. we also taught them how to use the External Automated > Defibrillator, the equipment that delivers a shock to revive a heart from a > cardiac arrest. > all this is possible for us, the lay people, with and without disabilities. > since we also deal with first-aid kits, i was keen on having something > simple for folks who didn't see. for that, i'd had a few sample kits > designed, and distributed to the participants who had a positive feedback. > there is always space for improvement and that comes with suggestions from > the community. the idea is also to make these kits cost effective, and easy > to use. i have in mind to have one simple travel kit, and one slightly > involved home kit. > the purpose of this whole story is to discuss how little is being done in > this particular space with us, the relatively more vulnerable cross-section > of society. we all live with families, and are responsible citizens, and > efficient workers at our work spaces. why then, shouldn't we have the > ability to be a resource who can save a life? i have only become more > convinced and passionate about this in the months i've worked at it. > i am keen to take this knowledge to more organizations, groups, work > spaces, > and of course, individuals. > i would be more than happy to discuss this with anyone interested in > knowing > more. > thanks for having read this, in case you've made it until the end. :) Best, > Payal > > Celebrating Louis birthday Jan. 4th. > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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