Improve knowledge and skills of first aid

Red Cross volunteers practice first aid for traffic accidents.

In March 2025 in Sam Son City, the Provincial Red Cross Association organized a safety, drowning rescue, and SCC skills drill for officials, members, volunteers, and the people. At the drill, everyone participated in real-life situations, witnessed and observed the SCC process for each specific case such as: SCC for drowning victims, traffic accidents, safe transportation with simulated situations of drowning victims, traffic accidents with various injuries to the head, arms, legs, etc.

As a member participating in the rescue and SCC drill for victims, Mr. Luong Viet Ngoc, a member of the Sam Son Sea Rescue Team and a volunteer of the Red Cross, said: “I have been a member of the rescue team for nearly 30 years. Every year, I participate in SCC training courses to practice my skills and improve my knowledge. I find this a meaningful job, helping victims limit life-threatening dangers.”

Mr. Cao Van Dong in Sam Son City, a Red Cross volunteer, said: “I have been participating in rescue work at sea and on the road for 30 years. My main task is to participate in rescuing people drowning at sea and rescue people in traffic accidents. When there is a risky situation, my members and I quickly approach the victim, assess the extent of the injury, the mechanism of injury, then proceed to treat the victim's injuries, prioritizing the treatment of serious injuries to reduce the danger to the health of the victim and call an ambulance, take the victim to the nearest medical facility for emergency treatment.”

Not only organizing drills, every year the Provincial Red Cross Association also regularly organizes training sessions on knowledge and skills of SCC for officials, members, and volunteers of the Red Cross; coordinates with schools and localities to organize propaganda sessions and training on SCC skills for students and people. Through training sessions, people grasp basic knowledge about SCC, types of injuries, and how to identify risks. In particular, people practice through hypothetical situations, from which they can understand and self-SCC for themselves and others when traffic accidents or work accidents occur, as well as know how to prevent accidents and safely transport victims to medical facilities.

In particular, to make the SCC work more effective, the Provincial Red Cross Association has established and expanded SCC checkpoints for traffic accidents in key locations and traffic "black spots" on the roads to provide timely support to victims. Volunteers participating in the SCC knowledge and skills are trained, equipped with signs with information of volunteers, stretchers, medical equipment and tools... thanks to which, many victims have been promptly SCC. From 2024 to present, through the organization of the Red Cross Association, 5,600 people and students have been SCC and transferred to hospitals, contributing to protecting people's health.

Chairman of the Provincial Red Cross Association Nguyen Quoc Thanh said: SCC is a key task of the Red Cross movement. Every year, the Provincial Red Cross Association has proactively developed a plan to organize initial SCC activities. At the same time, it has promoted propaganda about the role of initial SCC in protecting the health and lives of individuals and the community to all classes of people. Continuing to carry out its humanitarian "mission", the Red Cross Association will replicate SCC models and activities in the community. In particular, it focuses on training knowledge and skills for volunteers and people. Thereby, improving knowledge, SCC skills, propaganda skills as well as the spirit of readiness to save lives for volunteers and people in the community.

Article and photos: Thuy Linh

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/nang-cao-kien-thuc-ky-nang-nbsp-so-cap-cuu-ban-dau-246342.htm