Mindanaotoday.com | NMRDRRMC, OCD-10 hone rescuers’ skills to save more lives
By: Jan Albert Araña
MISAMIS ORIENTAL – The Northern Mindanao Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NMRDRRMC), through
Participated by 86 emergency responders and rescuers, the training course aims to further enhance and improve the participants’ knowledge and skills in assessing and managing emergencies, as they are the first to arrive on the scene in an emergency call.
“This is to ensure that our first responders are always ready, in tiptop shape, and build up the team’s coordination and camaraderie so that if they are called at a moment’s notice due to emergencies, they are prepared,” said OCD-10 Regional Director Antonio Sugarol.
He disclosed that the seven-day training was inspired by observations made during the Rescue M.A.R.C.H or Mass Assembly for Rescue and Care for Humanity Challenge, which was held last July and depicted a worst-case scenario of an earthquake. It was during the simulation exercise that trainers noticed that some of the rescuers’ skills needed to be enhanced as well as their equipment units.
Community First Responder, Resource Management, Initial and Immediate Response, Community-Based Information and Reporting, Life Saving and Water Rescue Techniques (Basic Swimming), Bandaging Technique, Soft and Rigid Splinting, Head-to-toe Examination, Head-and-Spine Immobilization, Spine Board Transfer Techniques, Emergency Carries/Transfer, and Patient Documentation and Endorsement were among the topics covered.
Responders from the 1005th Community Defense Center, Reserve Command, Philippine Army, Philippine National Police-Police Regional Office 10, and Philippine Coast Guard-Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao participated in the training course.
Rescuers and responders from local government units such as Cagayan de Oro CDRRMD Oro Rescue, MDRRMO Impasugong, Bukidnon, MDRRMO Talakag, Bukidnon, MDRRMO Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental, and MDRRMO Alubijid, Misamis Oriental also took part in the CFR training. (JAKA | PIA-10 | Misamis Oriental)
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