The Times of India
SHILLONG, India — The Shillong Press Club organized a one-day joint workshop with the GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) at the club premises here on Wednesday to highlight the importance for mediapersons to be familiar with the basics in paramedics.
It is usually seen that reporters reach the site of crisis before the police and ambulance so it is important for them to the basic ways to save the lives in danger. “Reporters are usually the first ones to reach sites of accidents and other calamities. It is vital for them to know the basics of saving human lives and brining succor to those suffering instead of just taking photographs,” said David Laitphlang, president of the Shillong Press Club.
“Besides doing our duty as journalists, we must also be sympathetic and help those in distress in whatever way we can,” Laitphlang said, emphasizing on the need for professional mediapersons to be educated in the “basics of saving lives”.
“It is with this aim in view that we have organized this demonstration with the help of the EMRI and we plan to conduct more such workshops in the future for creating awareness among the media fraternity on the importance of saving lives in crisis,” the SPC president added.
Using dummies, paramedics of the EMRI provided the journalists information on handling the critically injured .
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