By
Emmanuel D. Taghoy
MALANGAS, Zamboanga
Sibugay - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Zamboanga Sibugay chapter conducted recently First Aid
and Basic Life Support Training to students of Western Mindanao State
University (WMSU)-Malangas Campus.
The training, composed of
lecture and practical examination for standard first aid and Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR), catered to more or less 60 student-participants from the
Criminology Department of WMSU-Malangas.
“We have only expected a
maximum of 30 students participating in the event, but more came than what we
have expected. It only proves their interest in the training,” said Philippine
Red Cross Administrator Hilario G. Miranda Jr. in an interview with the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
The agency provided four
lecturers for the three-day activity which included day and evening sessions to
tackle every aspect of the training.
Miranda explained that the
training is a requisite for every college institution and it is very important
especially to schools far from hospitals to be able to respond to any emergency.
He also added that it was
not the first time that the PRC held such an activity in WMSU-Malangas.
“We have chosen WMSU-Malangas
campus for the training as per request of the school. It was not the first
time. We had several trainings at WMSU-Malangas because the school is also
actively participating in our blood donation activities.”
WMSU-Malangas bagged PRC’s
“Bloodiest School” award for Zamboanga Sibugay in 2013 for actively
participating in the agency’s bloodletting activities.