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IFRC issues update advocacy report on World First Aid Day

Sep 12, 2010 News

– Caribbean Wellness Day Walk set for today

A report calls on governments and partners to deploy concrete action to bridge the preparedness divide between rich and poor communities. The focus is to make first-aid training and education available for all.
Today, more than seven million people are trained worldwide in the 52 countries covered by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) survey which represents 20 per cent increase compared to 2006. This is according to the Guyana Red Cross Society.
This was announced yesterday to mark World First Aid Day.
The Guyana Red Cross Society disclosed that although some countries have taken steps to make first-aid education available, the IFRC brings the attention of the international community to the importance of the ten recommendations in this global first-aid report so that more lives will be saved worldwide.
“More efforts need to be made to turn the progress we have achieved so far into policies which can make first aid more accessible. In fact, the report shows that individuals and communities alike –in rich or poor countries – should be better prepared in providing first aid, The IFRC and its member National Societies are committed to doing more, doing better and reaching further in first aid,” says Grace Lo, manager of the community health unit at IFRC in Geneva.
The report provides a number of valuable examples from around the world that highlight the importance of training individuals and communities to provide first aid when faced with traffic accidents or disaster injuries.
The Guyana Red Cross expressed gratitude to all volunteers and staff for their tremendous support to First Aid development.
To celebrate this year’s date the Guyana Red Cross will be collaborating with the Ministry of Health on the” Caribbean Wellness Day Walk” which is scheduled to begin today at the Bank of Guyana and end at the Merriman’s Mall, where GRC First Responders will conduct a simulation exercise. The simulation exercise is scheduled to start at 08:00 hrs today.
Secretary General of the GRCS, Mrs. Dorothy Fraser, wishes to encourage every family to have at least one person in every home trained in First Aid.
It is a vital step for providing effective and rapid intervention that helps reduce serious injuries and improve the chances of survival.
Taking immediate action and applying the appropriate techniques makes a difference when saving lives.  Mrs. Fraser also noted that research indicates that once individuals take a First Aid course, the incidence of injury decreases by 40 per cent.
“In all probability your First Aid assistance will be given to someone you know.”
In Guyana, the focus will be in the coming years to increase First Aid through Community-Based activities and roll out the global programme of Community-Based Health and First Aid in action across the region.
“Whether faced with floods, fires, a road accident or a heart attack, the ability to act quickly and appropriately is crucial.
This is why teaching Basic First Aid skills to individuals and communities is the right way to protect them. So be Prepared! Learn First Aid! And give someone hope through the Guyana Red Cross – First Aid/CPR and AED Training,” GRCS disclosed.

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