Guwahati:
GVK EMRI, which runs the emergency ambulance service 108, has selected two special emergency medical trainers (EMTs) from the second batch of EMT workers in this region for the special emergency medical (EM) care award. The award has been instituted by GVK EMRI, Hyderabad.
The award is given to workers who have handled the most critical emergency cases in their region. These EMTs provide emergency aid to the patient in the first hour of illness or injury. This time, one EMT, Bikash Sharma, and one attendant (pilot), Biplob Mazumdar, who had handled a bullet injury case in Tinsukia in February this year, were presented with the EM care award on Monday.
108 ambulance service has successfully transported 64,5,56 patients to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) from November 6, 2008 to April 20, 2012.
The emergency workers are given a special 45-day training in which they have to undergo a 10 days special training in GMCH’s casualty, labour room and emergency care wards.
The EMT workers have to deal with adverse circumstances like hostile crowds, poor road conditions and inhospitable terrain.
The EMTs are also imparted skills like basic airway management, use of nasopharyngeal airway adjunct, suctioning, bag valve mask ventilation and other basic lifesaving skills.
The pilots are trained in first aid, basic life support, spinal motion restriction devices, extrication, lifting and moving techniques of patients. They also undergo special refresher training every six months.
Ramen Talukdar, superintendent, GMCH, said, “The workers are responsible for bringing the most critical patients to the hospital and that too within a very short time. This is a difficult task as the EMT is responsible for the first emergency care given to the patient.”
GVK EMRI operates 280 ambulances across the state, including two boat ambulances in Sadiya and Majuli. There are about 27 ambulances operating in the city at present.
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