Children being educated about first aid at a session organised by Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) at Katara’s Childhood Cultural Center.
DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) Medical Affair Sector held a training session for children at Katara’s Childhood Cultural Center (CCC) to mark the World First Aid Day.
The day is being observed by the international community under the global theme of “First Aid for and by the Children”.
The event was attended by 50 students and 10 teachers of Al Duhail and Al Rashad Primary Schools, as well as some employees of the Childhood Cultural Center .
In the first part of the session, the children received a lecture on basics of first aid to save lives and control complications.
Among the taught skills were (1) how to dial the emergency number properly to ensure quick arrival of medics; (2) helping cases of fainting, suffocation, wound, burn, fracture, and nosebleed; (3) prevention of road accidents; (4) first aid for facial and jaw injuries; and (5) first-aid kit.
The second part of the session involved a practical demonstration of how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); emergency number dialing; and mutual first aid for suffocation, choking, and nosebleed.
The students were also trained in the content and use of first-aid kit.
Instructional first aid printouts, first-aid kits, and gifts were handed over to the students.
The course’s team thanked CCC management for their cooperation, which embodied partnership towards the common goal of developing children’s skills and promoting a culture of safety and security.
