The speakers of the course were Dr. Dharam P. Pandey, Director and HOD Manipal Hospital, New Delhi, certified BLS instructor, Dr. Afiya Sadiq, Chief Physiotherapist, Manipal Hospital, Dr. Manoj Jaiswal, Deputy Chief Physiotherapist and Incharge of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Manipal Hospital, New Delhi, Dr. Deptee Warikoo, HOD, DIBNS, Dr. Prosenjit Patra, Senior Physiotherapist, ESIC Hospital, Dr. Ankita Srivastav, Physiotherapist, TMU, Moradabad, Dr. Ashish Negi, Assistant Professor, SRHU, Jollygrant, Dehradun, Dr. Richa Agrawal, Assistant Professor, DIBNS, Dr. Kertty Mathur, Assistant Professor, DIBNS, Dr. Ashish Dev, Assistant Professor, DIBNS, Dr. Diksha Bhatt, Assistant Professor, DIBNS. All the speakers focused mainly on implementation and application of First aid and BLS used in emergency conditions. The hands- on was taken on the last 2 days at New Auditorium, DIBNS, where the main focus was on the first aid tool for the prevention of injury and for transportation of injured from the site to the hospital, CPR and bandaging of the injured. The delegates practiced well with full motivation throughout the sessions.
Department of Physiotherapy, Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun, organised a 5 day Add on course on First Aid & Basic Life Support from 24th May 2023- 28th May 2023. The course was divided into theory and practical sessions. 45 participants attended the course. Theory included the introduction of First aid and BLS, Anatomy of Cardiopulmonary system, Handling and transporting the patient from the site of accident to hospital, components of First aid kit, Emergency numbers and coding, CPR, use of AED or Manual Defibrillator, Fist Aid for different emergency conditions.