If you see the stories of lifesavers, you’ll see that there is a strong relationship that’s been built between the victims and the lifesavers. We can see the joy and happiness on the victim’s face and the pride and inner satisfaction the life-saver deserves.
We all know how precious a life can be, but we fail to realize it until it hits someone that’s close to us - our loved ones. On February 1, 2017, a Karnataka (Koppal) youth called Anwar Ali Ekalaspur died after being hit by a speeding bus. He pleaded for help multiple times to the onlookers/bystanders nearby but none came forward to help. What was even saddening being that the hospital is just a stone's throw from the accident spot, but people watched Anwar writhing in pain and some even used their cellphones to take pictures and videos. None of them tried to even shift him to the hospital.
Is humanity lost? How could people just stood by and watch someone suffer and die? Hard to comprehend but this is just one of the many painful story. There are many such stories that will give chill to your bones.
Fortunately, humanity isn’t lost yet. There are various reasons why bystanders are not putting their feet forward to help emergency victims. On 31st January 2018, an elderly man suffered from cardiac arrest on the street of Puranapul near Charminar in Hyderabad where two cops who was on duty nearby saved him with their CPR skills. Although the techniques used to revive the victim was inconsistent with the latest guidelines but they managed to save him.
As per recent research, only 2% Indians are trained in CPR. This saddening percentage led us to a clear vision and thereby making us see a clear picture of what our mission should be. First and foremost is to increase the number of bystanders trained in CPR because unlike the above situation when someone gets into an emergency situation, there should be at least one or two bystanders around who can revive the victim or sustain him until paramedics arrives.
You've just witnessed an emergency in which someone in trouble needs help. Will you be the person to provide that help? According to the bystander effect, the larger the number of observers to an emergency, the less likely it is that the victim will receive help.
[ The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation.]
You can overcome this bystander effect only if you are confident in CPR or First Aid skills.
We are a social enterprise who gives training on Basic Life Support/CPR and First Aid to everyone who is 9 years old and above. The course is consistent with the ‘International first aid and resuscitation guidelines 2016’ and ‘Indian Society of Anesthesiologists Guidelines 2017’.
Join us in our Missions:
(a) To increase the percentage of Indian citizens trained in CPR & First Aid from 2% to around 50 % population in collaboration with all stakeholders so that whenever any one of us meet with a medical emergency anywhere, there will be someone who can provide life-saving CPR or First Aid.
(b) To prevent economic loss by reducing death and prolonged hospitalization of HEALTHY & PRODUCTIVE breadwinner citizens. India loses 3% GDP due to Road Traffic Accident alone.
(c) To strengthen unity, peace and development by building lakhs of new human relationship which will automatically happen when lakhs of Indians are saved with life-saving CPR/First Aid by bystanders.
We decided to do our own research on why only a trivial portion of the Indian population knows CPR. There are several reasons but we narrowed it down to three. ‘Lack of Awareness’, ‘Fear of legal hassles’ and ‘High Course Fee’ are the three main reasons why Indians hesitate to learn and mostly take pictures and videos of the suffering/dying victims for an online treat to share amongst his friends, families, and colleagues.
We have given training on Basic Life Support/CPR and First Aid to more than 70 institutions including corporate houses and hospitals etc. and every single trainee has shared the same interest/enthusiasm and feedback saying that this course should be made mandatory for everyone - young and old and irrespective of profession.
Why wait until we lose someone to learn these life-saving skills?
Get this training done so that you may save sombody’s life someday and also be saved by someone when you land into a medical emergency.
A small amount as investment, can give you a lifetime of inner satisfaction.
