GCU special emergency training concludes

LAHORE

A two-day special training to cope with emergencies in the situations of terrorist attack, natural calamity and fire accident for the students of Government College University (GCU) concluded on Tuesday. 

The training included detailed lessons, demonstrations and rescue drills on emergency evacuation plan, fire safety, bleeding control, fracture management, heatstroke, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, foreign body airway obstruction and spinal injury shifting management.

Speaking at the closing ceremony at the university's oval ground, Vice- Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah lauded the enthusiastic participation of students, especially females, in advance emergency planning and life support training which was organised by the university's Disaster Risk Management Society (GCU-DRMS) in collaboration with the Punjab Emergency Service. He said precious lives could be saved in the emergency situations by just good management which came from effective training.

In reply to a question by media, Prof Shah said they were not scared rather terrorists were afraid of them. He pledged that academia would continue their mission of progress, prosperity and enlightenment.

He expressed gratitude to the Rescue 1122 officials for providing emergency training to the students saying “in many cases fire extinguishers were installed in the buildings but usually people around them knew nothing about their use.”   

GCU-DRMS Adviser Dr Ali Iqtiadar Mirza said such trainings should be compulsory for every student because they also promoted humanity in the society. “It's our religious obligation to help others,'' he added.

He also said the participants should descend the rescue and life support training to their fellow students and family members.

Rescue 1122 Community Services Wing Director Ruqia Bano Javed said there must be at least one person in every house which had adequate training and knowledge about emergency and rescue management.

She said they had also trained students to provide basic life support to infants in the situation of emergencies, especially natural calamities.

She said training Ravians was an amazing experience for her.

However, she said females had comparatively showed more interest in the training and showed great compassion for helping others.