KOZHIKODE: The first phase of the networking of ambulance services, named the Active Network Group of Emergency Life Savers (Angels), was inaugurated by Kerala Medical University Chancellor Dr K Mohandas at a function held here at the Beach Hospital on Saturday. In the inaugural speech, Dr K Mohandas said that all support must be given to educate people about emergency care and pre-hospital care. For this, the Medical University will help the hospitals and other medical institutions, which are looking forward to start emergency medicine and pre-hospital care courses.
An awareness must be brought among the people about the techniques in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, as it could save the life of a person who is injured or under any emergency medical situation, he said. The ignorance or lack of proper knowledge in these subjects will often lead to fatalities, he pointed out.
Explaining about the Angel Programme, District Collector P B Salim said that it was a network of 50 ambulance services from private and government hospitals.
The project will focus on giving pre-hospital care and emergency medicine services to the people by enhancing the ambulance network in the city in a better way, he explained.
Under the project, basic pre-hospital care and emergency medicine training will be given to the ambulance employees, common people and medical workers in the city. In the first phase, the training will be given in basic life support, trauma care and first aid, to the ambulance employees, the District Collector said.
