CPR awareness reduces mortality rate in cardiac patients: Expert
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Dr Wadud Chowdhury, head of Cardiology Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and chairman of IPDI Foundation present at the workshop Photo: Courtesy
Eminent Cardiologist Professor Dr Abdul Wadud Chowdhury has said that it is possible to reduce the death rate of cardiac arrest patients significantly through raising awareness and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
Dr Wadud Chowdhury, head of Cardiology Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and chairman of IPDI Foundation said this while speaking at the CPR training workshop for members of Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF) on Tuesday, read a press release.
ERF President Sharmeen Rinvy, in the chaired Associate Professor of National Heart Institute Dr Mohsin Ahmed; Associate Consultant of Cardiology Department of Evercare Hospital Asif Zaman Tushar; among others, spoke in the workshop, held at ERF Auditorium in Paltan Tower. ERF general secretary SM Rashidul Islam moderated the programme.
Dr Wadud said in the developed world there is emphasis on CPR training among the people. Compared to that, the awareness in this sector is very low in Bangladesh. Growing public awareness on this issue, a voluntary organization of cardiologists ‘HELO-IPDI Foundation’ has been organizing nationwide training workshops on CPR.
He emphasized on the role of journalists, electronic and print media in reducing the mortality rate of cardiac arrest patients through CPR training among the people.
According to global statistics, about 1.80 crore people die of heart disease every year. A major part of that is cardiac arrest. In research it is found that the death rate of suffering from cardiac arrest is more than 90 percent.
Through CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, it is possible to reduce the death rate of patients suffering from cardiac arrest to a large extent, cardiologist experts said.
In Bangladesh there is no CPR facility in the whole country except a few hospitals in the capital, they said.
The reasons why CPR culture has not been developed due to lack of trained manpower and public awareness. At the same time, many are not interested in providing CPR support, because of the fear that the service provider will fall into legal trouble, if the patient given CPR dies, they said.
