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Daltonganj, January 14: Tips for CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) were given to officials and cops here in Daltonganj police line by a team of doctors of Mahavir Medica hospital in Ranchi which was here for a day-long checkup of cops and members of their families, all free of cost, on Saturday.
Palamu SP Reeshma Ramesan had arranged it second in a few months for the constabulary here.
Road accidents
Tips for CPR were given to cops to save lives in road accidents and drowning episodes. The demonstration of CPR was shown on a male mannequin.
There is heart collapse and blockage in the airway in road accidents, and here, CPR does a miracle of a sort. CPR helps resuscitate both the airway and heart beating.
Golden hour
Ramesan said, “We want our cops to know and perform CPR in episodes of a road accident for victims. There lies some golden hour in which by some simple but proper chest compression or removal of the blockage in the airway of the victim, death can be kept at bay.”
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There are six police stations on NH 75 and 98: Satbarwa, Town, Parwa, Nawa Bazaar, Chhaterpur and Harihurganj. There are accident-prone sites on NH 75 and 98.
Cops double as paramedical
Cops of these police stations are expected to double up as paramedical, as emergency medical care or anti-trauma treatment takes time to reach a victim at the accident site.
It’s the common people who first gather at the accident site joined by the cops, and if cops are trained in offering CPR, life crisis is eased to some extent.
There is no government limb trauma centre nor neuro trauma centre despite Palamu having a combined length of 145 km of NH 75,98 and state highway.
Private hospitals
There are a few private hospitals here which boast of treating limb trauma like fractures in bones, dislocation, etc., but for neurotrauma-like injuries to the brain, spine and nerves, one has no choice but to rush to Ranchi.
From CPR, it’s food that matters to cops. And here, street food is not the right choice of the cops, opined SP Reeshma Ramesan. She said our cops have to give a miss to meals.
In a situation where many cops are on duty to meet expediency to law and order, it’s ‘khichri’ that fills the belly of the cops most, she said, as buying street food is not feasible then.
About the food and diet of the cops, she said, “It’s irregular. It’s untimely, too. It is because of the myriad workload.”
She has strong reservations about the street food here when she says, “Here fried and deep fried food make brisk business in the street. One can’t get Phulka here. Even your litti is deep fried.”
Cops overstressed
Cops are overstressed because of work. Traffic duty cops are more prone to heat and dust, and sometimes their duty hours stretch far longer, added Reeshma Ramesan.
