Jamshedpur, Oct 16: Indian Society of Anaesthesiology, Bihar & Jharkhand Chapter and the Jamshedpur City Branch today observed World Anaesthesia Day with �World Restart a Heart� (WRAH) initiative. The message the branch wanted to communicate is that �All citizens of the world can save a life�.
The Jamshedpur Society of Anaesthesiology celebrated this special day with hands-on training of school children at the Loyola school. Air Marshal (Dr) Rajan Chaudhry, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) General Manager (Medical Services) was the Chief Guest for this occasion. Fr. Pius Fernandes S.J., Principal, Loyola School and Dr. K. P. Dubey, Chief of Indoor Medical Services, TMH were the Guests of Honour. The training was conducted under the leadership of Dr. PR Mahanty, President, and Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee, Secretary, Jamshedpur Society of Anaesthesiologists. The event was presided over by Dr. Deb Sanjay Nag, President, and Dr. Sharad Kumar, Secretary of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Bihar & Jharkhand Chapter. About 1000 students and teachers were trained in basic resuscitation skills.
World Anaesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of Anesthesia on October 16, 1846 and ranks as one of the most significant events in the history of medicine and took place at the Massachusetts General Hospital, home of the Harvard School of Medicine.
Globally, Cardiac Arrest claims more lives than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, pneumonia, auto accidents, HIV, firearms, and house fires combined. It is estimated that annually about 7 lakh sudden cardiac deaths occur in India which is more than 60% of all cardiac incident related deaths.
Doctors are focused towards spreading awareness about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) amongst children and lay people. The Indian Society of Anaesthesiology has framed guides of Compression-Only Life Support (COLS) for cardiopulmonary resuscitation which can be administered even by non medical personnel outside any hospital premises. Few simple steps, if learnt and administered in cases of sudden cardiac arrest can have successful survival in as much as 45 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims with administration of bystander CPR.
