Romania organizes national first aid course to mark World First Aid Day

Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-10 03:05:51|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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BUCHAREST, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- A large first aid course was organized on Saturday in Romania at national level to mark the World First Aid Day.

According to the Romanian Red Cross, as many as 1,000 people joined the six-hour first aid course held at the Red Cross branches in all the 41 county seats and the six districts of the capital city of Bucharest.

"The more people who know how to give first aid, the more safe we feel," Director General of the Romanian Red Cross Ioan Silviu Lefter was quoted as saying by official Agerpres news agency.

"The Romanian Red Cross always organizes first aid courses, but the reality shows us that no matter how many people we are training, many tragedies are still happening, tragedies that could have been avoided by using the techniques learnt at these courses," he added.

According to the Romanian Red Cross, it responded to an increased number of requests that came from various companies, institutions and individuals in 2016, ensuring first aid courses to a number of approximately 56,000 persons.

This year's theme is performing first aid in case of domestic accidents and refers to all unexpected events that can occur at home and cause injuries or death.

It also coincides with the theme of World First Aid Day this year, which is "Domestic Accidents" referring to preventable or unintentional injuries that occur at home, a place often perceived as safe but unfortunately where 80 percent of accidents occur.

The World First Aid Day also recognizes the important role that National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other organizations have in providing quality First Aid training worldwide as a way of building peoples' capacity to respond in situations of injury or illness.

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