Over 1000 children trained in cardiac first aid

GREATER KAILASH, India - Jan. 28, 2014 - PRLog -- Padma Shri & Dr.  B C Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India trained over 1000 school children at Guru Harkrishan Public School, Hargovind Enclave in cardiac first aid including how to revive a dead person after sudden cardiac death.

Speaking to the children, Dr. Aggarwal said that all school children enrolling for a competitive sports should get a cardiac evaluation done. This should include specialist consultation along with ECG and, if any abnormal heart sounds is viewed clinical chest examination and an echocardiogram should be done.

In children, even if a child dies during a strenuous exertion, he can be revived if a bystander standing attempts hand only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).  Apart, children should learn CPR 10 because they can also revive other persons with heart attack outside their school arena.

Dr. Aggarwal said that CPR learning has a special technique which involves CPR Asana and CPR Mudra. CPR Asana is standing on your knees in front of the dead person who is lying on a flat surface and CPR Mudra means straightening hands with no bending of the elbow  and compress the centre of the chest of the dead person with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.

Dr. Aggarwal revised the CPR mantra in the form of a chanting to every child in Hindia which says – “Marne ke dus minute ke andar (jitna jaldi utna behtar), kam se kam agle dus minute tak (jitni der tak utna behtar, 10x10=100 ki gati se, apni chhati peetne ke bajaye mare hue aadmi ki chhati peeto”.