On Thursday, October 16, the Slovak Resuscitation Council commemorated World Life Saving Day by organizing several events across the country. The goal was to raise awareness of cardiac arrests and teach the public to provide basic first aidsuch as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Visitors had the opportunity to watch practical demonstrations of first aid and try its procedures themselves.
The event in Bratislava was also attended by presenter Adela Vinczeová together with her son Maxík. “Life Saving Day,” she posted on Instagram and also posted some basic principles of first aid to motivate fans to acquire these vital skills. PHOTOS can be found in the gallery.
Together, they watched presentations by medical professionals and at the same time had the opportunity to find out how difficult it is to perform resuscitation. “Here, the young man mainly dealt with the fact that his uncle has neither arms nor legs, but that it was nice of his aunt to save him,” she remarked at the address of his son, who couldn’t imagine that the mannequin had no limbs. PHOTOS from the briefing can be found in the gallery.
The former face of Markíza television decided to summarize the information obtained and pass it on to his followers. “Today was a day to save a life. Here are some good things to keep in mind,” she explained at the beginning. According to her, first of all, it is necessary to check whether the disabled person is responding and breathing.
Subsequently, it is important to immediately call the emergency numbers 155 or 112 so that professional help can arrive as quickly as possible. Immediately after that, we start with resuscitation, during which we rhythmically and strongly press the center of the chest. We repeat this procedure without a breakuntil paramedics arrive or until the affected person begins to breathe and respond again.
Vincze added sad statistics. “Each year, around 350,000 Europeans, mostly of working age, have a sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital. 100,000 of them could live if we knew how to give them first aid. That’s why October 16 became World Life Saving Day,” she added.
