The most astounding of all the various capabilities that God has engraved in Man is Man's ability to save another's life.
But of what use is the rose when its fragrance is not appreciated by another; if with its fragrance, it cannot soothe another's nerves?
Of what use is the existence of the knowledge to save a life when one cannot use the same knowledge in a practical situation where a person is hanging onto his fading life by a fragile straw?
The Malabar Institute of Medical Science (MIMS) in collaboration with Devagiri CMI Public School, sought to imbue in students a few, simple steps that could possibly save a life. The day-long session aimed to teach students the Basic Life Support procedures - BLS. It truly came as a surprise to the students that it wasn't complicated surgeries or sophisticated machinery that the hospital staff used when a patient was first wheeled in.... but just simple ol' BLS.
When we (the students :D) walked in, we didn't see what we had expected to see - dilapidated old pillars, long rows of hunched up patients coughing and sneezing their way to the counter, nurses and doctors hustling about.. Instead, we were awed by the surprisingly classy, modern building, with squeaky clean floors and counters and an unbelievably orderly crowd. It of course soon led many of us (including me) to ponder on how convenient it would be to die here.
Upon beginning the session in the auditorium, the students were divided into four stations or groups. After learning in theory, they then practised the CPR( Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) on the mannequins provided. You put a bunch of restless teenagers in a room with dummies, then of course fun and a lot of lame jokes are sure to ensue. But Dr. Augustyn and his team were extremely successful in holding the students' attention as they guided them through various life-threatening situations and how to handle them.
The students, charged up after bouts of tasty refreshments, were literally leaping off their seats with queries. The possibility that this practice would one day help them save a person's life filled them up with a contagious excitement on par with that of the MIMS team.
But what really kept them going was the amicable team that, through all the joking moments, the various anecdotes portraying the importance of BLS, and the endless queries, did not fail to fulfill their goal - to create a generation that would find itself capable of saving a life, one that was aware of how just a few compressions and head tilts could keep a heart beating.
At the end of the day, as the session came to a close, two of our students - Sachin .P and Sneha Nair - took up the opportunity to thank and appreciate the efforts of the team at MIMS.
But it wasn't the many crucial steps of BLS or the heavy mannequins that lingered in the students' minds......... it was the intriguing fact that the auditorium smelled just so good!!!!
But of what use is the rose when its fragrance is not appreciated by another; if with its fragrance, it cannot soothe another's nerves?
Of what use is the existence of the knowledge to save a life when one cannot use the same knowledge in a practical situation where a person is hanging onto his fading life by a fragile straw?
The Malabar Institute of Medical Science (MIMS) in collaboration with Devagiri CMI Public School, sought to imbue in students a few, simple steps that could possibly save a life. The day-long session aimed to teach students the Basic Life Support procedures - BLS. It truly came as a surprise to the students that it wasn't complicated surgeries or sophisticated machinery that the hospital staff used when a patient was first wheeled in.... but just simple ol' BLS.
When we (the students :D) walked in, we didn't see what we had expected to see - dilapidated old pillars, long rows of hunched up patients coughing and sneezing their way to the counter, nurses and doctors hustling about.. Instead, we were awed by the surprisingly classy, modern building, with squeaky clean floors and counters and an unbelievably orderly crowd. It of course soon led many of us (including me) to ponder on how convenient it would be to die here.
Upon beginning the session in the auditorium, the students were divided into four stations or groups. After learning in theory, they then practised the CPR( Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) on the mannequins provided. You put a bunch of restless teenagers in a room with dummies, then of course fun and a lot of lame jokes are sure to ensue. But Dr. Augustyn and his team were extremely successful in holding the students' attention as they guided them through various life-threatening situations and how to handle them.
The students, charged up after bouts of tasty refreshments, were literally leaping off their seats with queries. The possibility that this practice would one day help them save a person's life filled them up with a contagious excitement on par with that of the MIMS team.
But what really kept them going was the amicable team that, through all the joking moments, the various anecdotes portraying the importance of BLS, and the endless queries, did not fail to fulfill their goal - to create a generation that would find itself capable of saving a life, one that was aware of how just a few compressions and head tilts could keep a heart beating.
At the end of the day, as the session came to a close, two of our students - Sachin .P and Sneha Nair - took up the opportunity to thank and appreciate the efforts of the team at MIMS.
But it wasn't the many crucial steps of BLS or the heavy mannequins that lingered in the students' minds......... it was the intriguing fact that the auditorium smelled just so good!!!!
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