Care Well shows heart
IVORY PARK – Care Well Ambulances, Joburg Emergency Management Services and City of Johannesburg Fire Department commemorates the newly launched National Emergency Services Day.
In commemoration of the newly launched National Emergency Medical Services Day, Care Well Ambulances with the help of the Joburg Emergency Management Services and the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Fire Department visited the Ivory Park Primary School on 17 October to teach the learners the basics of handling emergencies.
During the course of the event, Care Well Ambulances’ medics taught learners how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to help a choking person while the fire department demonstrated how one should avoid fires, and how to best extinguish them.
Thami Langa, spokesperson for Care Well Ambulances said they thought it was appropriate to celebrate and honour the day with the Ivory Park Primary School, and teach them the basics of how to do CPR, using safety kits and how to call an ambulance.
“With this information, we believe the learners can spread it at home, which is important because nowadays we are experiencing high rates of violence in schools. If they have the knowledge they will be able to assist those who need help whilst waiting for professional help.
“We chose this school because this is our first outreach and because our offices are here in Glen Austin, we thought it was best to start at home. Our vision is to cover all the schools.”
Elias Madubanya from the City of Joburg Fire Department, Midrand platoon commander, added that it was important to know how to prevent a fire and put it out. “Fires come alive, that’s what people must realise, if one does not know how to fight a fire they will endanger themselves.
“People must be trained because lack of knowledge is a problem. Instead of solving a problem you could make it worse if you do not know what you are doing as there are different classes of fires and each class requires a different approach to be put out.”
Madubanya suggested that learners should also be given basic training, to know how to use extinguishers and how they can prevent being harmed.
Phuthi Laurence Leboho who is deputy principal for Ivory Park Primary School said that the event was informative and very helpful. “Learners can now help their families or classmates in times of trouble. I thank Care Well and the CoJ for choosing us in their campaign as a starting point.”
Before the end of the event, the school received two boxes of first aid kits and the learners were taken on tours around the ambulances and fire engines.
Details: Care Well Ambulances 086 003 6000.
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