BCLS Training

Knowledge of how to manage a medical emergency has become the need of the hour. Getting Basic Care Life Support training would make one more prepared in the event of a choking, cardiac arrest, a severe allergic reaction, a drug overdose, and many other emergency situations in clinics and day-to-day life. Victims double or triple their chances of survival if they are given immediate CPR in an emergency situation. The BCLS Course covers first aid for common emergencies, control of massive external bleeding, and safe use of a defibrillator. As per the RGUHS guidelines, individuals in healthcare require BCLS training. Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences, in collaboration with RGUHS Jeevarakhsa Trust, organised a hands-on training programme from 30th January 2023 to 1st February 2023 for the interns and post graduation students.The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. K.Reshma Pai, Dean SIDS, Prof. Dr. Uday Kumar, Dean SIMS&RC, and senior instructors of Jeevaraksha. Prof. Dr.K. Reshma Pai addressed the students and explained the need for the BCLS training to become a better clinician and be equipped to handle any emergency that they may come across. Prof Dr Rajeeth Shetty (Dept of OMFS) BCLS Program coordinator welcomed the guests and instructors.The programme consisted of teaching various skills required for emergency life support, like CPR, relieving a choking patient, controlling excessive bleeding with an improvised tourniquet, safe use of AED, and other emergency skills. The session was carried on with videos on various emergency scenarios, scene safety, CPR, choking, etc. This was followed by a live demo of the skills.The programme successfully trained a total of 108 participants (98 interns and 11 postgraduates). At the end of the program, the students were confident and positive about managing any emergency that they would overcome.We are extremely grateful to Dr. Sudhir Prabhu, (Zonal head, Jeevaraksha Karnataka west) Dr. Shweta Shanbhag, Dr. Anusha Rashmi, Dr. Sathish Kumar, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. SofiyaCrastha, Dr. Sanjay Kini, Dr. Mamatha BV, Mrs. Reema Wilma Frank, Dr. Karen Prajwal, Ms. Sandra Jyothi Saldanha, Mrs. Sonia, Mr. Ashwin Bromeo and Dr. Fouzia Hameed for helping us make this programme a successful one.