UAE: Visitors to Sheikh Zayed Festival get first aid training to help save lives

Visitors of the Sheikh Zayed Festival have been taught basic first aid, its importance, and how to respond to life threatening emergencies such as severe burns, asphyxiation and heart attacks.

During the awareness campaign organized by Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority (ADCDA) at the festival, the ADCDA displayed four types of new and advanced civil defence mobile equipment adopted for the purpose of rescue and emergency response.

The campaign started on 20 February and will continue till 5 March with the aim of educating visitors on modern technologies used by the Civil Defence Authority and first aid procedures necessary to save lives in emergency situations.

The first aid campaign - which is being received by the public very well - deals with cases that require rapid action to save a patient before an ambulance arrives. For example, in cases of heart attacks, a simple CPR can be performed to help the patient breathe again till paramedics arrive.

The campaign also reviews first aid procedures in cases of asphyxiation in the family. This happens mostly to children, who are prone to choking. They can be saved if one or more people around them know how to perform a Heimlich maneuver.

The awareness campaign also covers cases of hemorrhaging and open wounds, showing techniques that can be used to buy the patient some time until they receive medical help.

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