The Sarajevo Canton Red Cross and the Red Cross organizations of municipalities in the Sarajevo Canton organized, on World Red Cross/Cross and Red Crescent Day, a presentation on providing first aid, the basic steps of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Volunteers of the Red Cross of the Municipality of Centar, the Red Cross of Stari Grad and the Red Cross of CS, together with the winners of the cantonal first aid competition, presented the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pointed out the most common mistakes that can occur during that process.
Volunteer of the Red Cross of the Municipality of Centar, Luka Gajić, tells Fena that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is most often performed on patients who have no pulse, breathing and are not conscious.
“Such patients are life-threatening. After we check those three vital parameters, the process of cardiopulmonary resuscitation begins. There are many factors that are important for that process, that is why it is important to be aware, composed and cool-headed while performing resuscitation, he emphasized and added that it is important to call the emergency medical service.
Amina Alić, a volunteer of the Red Cross Stari Grad Sarajevo, showed how cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on an infant, i.e. a baby under one year old.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of resuscitation measures taken to restore cardiac and respiratory function to a person who has experienced respiratory and/or cardiac arrest. The main goal of performing resuscitation measures is to ensure a sufficient amount of oxygen to the brain, heart and other vital organs until adequate heart action and spontaneous breathing are established by more complex CPR procedures.
Today’s event, held on the plateau in front of the Cathedral, attracted the attention of many visitors, and many tourists tried their hand at cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on the day Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, was born in 1828.
Photo: Almir Razic/Fena
