Health Centre

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training workshop, at Health Centre, IIT Kanpur

A certified CPR Workshop/ Lecture cum Demonstration Course has been initiated by the Health Centre, IIT Kanpur for the various sections of community residents; these sessions are conducted in batches and have had already taken place for group of students, faculty, Security personnel and employees and likewise it shall be continued further for the remaining staff/personnel and students.

Presently, Seven/multiple sessions have been organized and approximately 400+ people from different category viz. students, faculty, Security personnel and employees have been given hands on training and certificate of participation.

These training programs are organized with the help of a NGO ‘Pranodaya’, a charitable society with an aim of educating people about Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. It is a lecture cum demonstration course on Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation- Basic Life Support & Primary Trauma Care.

The instructors of the workshop are:

* Dr. Sunit Gupta, (Sqr.Ldr.) - MD (AFMC Pune), Anesthesiologist & Intensivist.
* Dr. Pradeep Tandon - MS Mch (Delhi) Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon.
* Dr. A. K. Agarwal - Ms (Kanpur) ENT Surgeon.