Bontoc town folks trained for emergencies

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Folks here joined training in Barangay Mainit  here as responders in far barangays during emergencies.
    Training included basic life support and standard first aid .
    There were 34 trainees composed of Mainit youth, barangay officials, health workers and Guina-ang youth in the Oct. 6–8 training.
    The event was headed by the Bontoc local government through the Local Youth Development Office in partnership with Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Mainit.

Technical assistance and logistic support were provided by Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Emergency Response Team and Samoki Mountain Rescue Team. 

The training team included personnel from Bontoc LGU, BERT, Samoki Mountain Rescue Team, and Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School (MPGCHS).

Lectures on principles of emergency care, introduction to BLS, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) management and basic first aid were discussed.

Facilitators also taught students skills and proper techniques for CPR, FBAO management, wound management using triangular and elastic bandaging techniques, and the management of suspected fractures using splinting techniques.
Participants were evaluated individually on their skills in CPR and FBAO.

As part of their evaluation, a simulation exercise was conducted to evaluate the participant's knowledge gained and skills developed in training.

Municipal Administrator Eric Fulangen, Sr., in his message during the first day, urged participants, especially the youth, to actively participate in said training, since barangays are far from medical facilities. -- Bontoc MDRRMO