I think this is a fabulous endeavor Payal! I personally have always been keen on learning CPR and first aid. Your experience reflects a lot of confidence and promise in this being totally doable by the blind, and its fabulous that you have people/ manufacturers on board who are already willing to make accessible first aid kits that we can use. Congratulations also on your being certified as a trainer! I do wish that you guys are able to conduct a similar program in Mumbai too, very soon! May this truly reach out to as many cities and as many blind people as possible. Eventually to rural belts too. It would be much more needed in those areas where hospitals are miles away and the roads terrible enough to take a life by the time medical care is acquired. Here's hoping that well-meaning NGOs support and promote this initiative as much as possible, as yet another step towards our empowerment. For now, loads of power to you, Payal. Best wishes.
Shireen. On 12/24/19, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: > This is brilliant Payal. Will connect with you in the New Year. > > Best, > > George > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Payal Ki Jhankar > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 11:18 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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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