Health Awareness

MEDICAL AWARENESS Dr. T. Pon Ravi, chief medical officer, Government hospital Tiruchendur visited our college on January 6 at 3 pm and gave us an insight on the importance of safety measures and significance of first Aid. First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury.It is usually performed by a non-expert person to a sick or injured person until appropriate medical treatment can be accessed in a hospital or by going to a doctor. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care after the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases, potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment. The First aid training, therefore, is of value in both preventing and treating sudden illness or accidental injury and in caring for lar...