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Nepal adds one more lot of Medical First Responders
Twenty-four Officials from security agencies of Nepal have recently graduated in Medial First Responder (MFR) Course. NSET in collaboration with Nepal Police conducted the Course during December 1-13, 2015 at Nepal Police Disaster Management Division, Samakhushi, Kathmandu. MFR Course is one of the core skills-based courses under the Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER), funded by USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).
During the closing program, Chief Guest AIG Kedar Prakash Saud, Chief of Nepal Police Operation Department, stressed that efficient emergency response play an important role in saving lives; and in order to achieve this, the Government of Nepal, Nepal Police and other security forces, play a vital role in providing the necessary aid to disaster victims before they reach the hospital.
Addressing the occasion, Dr. Amod Mani Dixit, Executive Director, NSET and Chief of Party, PEER, highly encouraged the instructors and graduates to become the catalyst in bringing the MFR Course to the community level while maintaining quality training for end users. Mr. Santosh Gyawali, AID Development Program Specialist (Disaster Risk Reduction/Preparedness), USAID Nepal, underscored the role of PEER graduates and instructors in making Nepal more prepared for disasters and in mitigating the impact of disasters.
The 13-day MFR Course aims to teach participants the basic knowledge and skills for assessing, providing pre-hospital care and stabilizing patients until patient is referred to professional level emergency responders or until patient is transported to a healthcare facility for further treatment. This is the first of a series of instructors’ development courses in training of qualified MFR instructors from Nepalese Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and NSET, conducted under PEER Stage 4 (2014-209).
After completing the subsequent PEER instructors’ courses, the certified instructors are envisaged to facilitate end-users courses under PEER and in their respective organizations’ related emergency response trainings.
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