The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Darlington Obaseki, has disclosed that the hospital has trained 600 persons including journalists on Basic Life Support (BLS).
City & Crime reports that other participants included security operatives, para-military operatives, and corps members, among others.
Addressing journalists, Prof. Obaseki said the training provided participants with the knowledge and skill required for Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and other relevant procedures needed in emergency situations.
“Somebody could collapse and stop breathing; what do you do? So we decided to use this opportunity of our 50th Anniversary to teach the whole society, especially the first responders, such as Road Safety, the police operatives and journalists. They are usually the first at events.
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“If you’re a journalist covering an event and somebody collapses, should you be waiting for a doctor to come? No! That’s why we are here to teach people what to do in such situations. You don’t have to be a doctor; you don’t have to go to a medical school to do these things,” he said.
On his part, the Deputy Coordinator of the Paramedic Training School of UBTH, Dr Abebe John, said the training was to create awareness of life-saving skills, to safe members of the public that could be involved in any kind of emergency.
