ALERT ACTIVITY REPORT · 2018-04-07 · ALERT No. 14, Venkatesan Street T. Nagar Chennai – 600017 [email protected] ALERT Activities Report 2011 2011 1 ALERT – An Overview

ALERT No. 14, Venkatesan Street T. Nagar Chennai – 600017 [email protected] www.alert-wecare.org

ALERT Activities Report 2011 2011

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ALERT ACTIVITY REPORT

January 2011 to December 2011



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ALERT – An Overview

ALERT is a non profit organization that aims to spread awareness about wellness in the society. A first of

its kind in Chennai in very many aspects, it has been started by a group of young, spirited and service

minded professionals who share a vibe in terms of envisioning a society that is fully laden with

awareness along with compassion. As a first step towards this journey towards wellness, ALERT has

undertaken Golden Hour Care and Emergency Response management as its first and core project.

Through this project ALERT aims to train various sections of the society in emergency response. This

program is being taken to corporates, educational institutions and other social bodies. The end

beneficiary would be none other the common man in our society which includes you and me. It is our

aim to increase the sensitivity backed by knowledge to handle the situation with support from the man

at the vicinity, the medical, enforcement and the legal fraternity, when a life is in danger due to an

emergency. Our aim is to ensure that at least one member in each family to be trained in emergency

care. The mission is totally free from any commercial motive. ALERT functions with the only aim of

achieving a medically aware, socially conscious and a friendly society around us. The curriculum has

been jointly developed and approved by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Also, to know more

about us kindly visit www.alert-wecare.org .

We have currently trained close to 15000 people but are on a constant endeavour to achieve the goal

that Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has given is i.e., - "Train atleast one in every family". The group has been

fortunate to have a patron in a visionary such as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

A Typical Workshop

This training programme aims to generate awareness and provide training in handling an emergency

situation. A typical session would last for about four hours with some dedicated time for hands on

experience. The topics that get addressed in the training session are as follows –

Inhibitions to render assistance during an emergency

Chain of Survival

Basic Life Support Principles.

ABC of basic life support

Common Medical Emergencies - Bleeding (external and internal), Fainting, Fractures, Seizures,

Choking, Burns, venomous stings and bites etc.

CPR – Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

A brief about the 108 ambulance service with its benefits and other emergency numbers

A live demonstration of the 108 ambulance (wherever possible)



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The activities and milestones presented in this document are strictly between the period January 2011

to December 2011.

ALERT Milestones

Year 2011 was significant for it marked the fact that ALERT completed 5 years in service to the cause of

bettering the emergency care eco system in our society. Completely driven by volunteerism, we thank

all core members, advisors, volunteers, donors, stakeholders of the emergency care system and every

single individual and organization that has supported us in this journey.

Following are some of the significant milestones for ALERT achieved during the period Jan 2011 to Dec

2011

Conducted 52 workshops during this period – With most of the available time being

weekends, 52 workshops have been conducted spanning 54 weekends.

Invited by the State Transport department for the second consecutive year to be a part of

and conduct workshops at the RTO (Regional Transport Offices) as part of Road Safety Week

campaign.

ALERT continues to be acknowledged as ‘Trusted Partners’ by EMRI who operate 108 in

Chennai in recognition of a non-biased support provided to them by ALERT with a motive to

better the emergency care scenario in our society. Demonstration of 108 ambulances in

workshops became a routine affair.

ALERT was invited for the 4th consecutive year to conduct its workshops as the main

programme to the students of the bio technology department of SASTRA University, Tanjore

during their technical symposium event that is hosted by them each year.

ALERT was invited by the Chennai City traffic police department to train the traffic constable

in golden hour care. A 3 day programme was specifically designed for the purpose which

catered to theoretical, practical and experiential learning for the traffic constables.

As planned in year 2010, the Computer based training programme in Golden Hour care was

completed in 2011. The phase 1 contained one 1.5 hour CD.

The 5th year commemoration was held at the Raj Bhavan, Chennai during which His

Excellency, the Governor of Tamilnadu, Dr. K Rosaiah launched the CD titled – The ALERT

Being – for the benefit of the public.

During the 5th year commemoration function, ALERT also moderated a panel discussion on

“Making Emergency care work better – A holistic approach” wherein key decision makers of

the stakeholders of emergency care eco system namely, judiciary, enforcement, traffic

planning cell, ambulance system, hospital and insurance were on the panel. An action point

sheet out of the panel discussion was then submitted to His Excellency and ALERT is

constantly in an endeavor to chase the agreed action items to closure.



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List of workshops conducted

Following are the list of places where ALERT workshops were conducted during the above said period.

TARGET AUDIENCE LOCATION

Redhills RTO( St. Micle politech stdt) Lakshmipuram, Redhills.

MOP (Hands only) Nungambakkam, MOP 1st batch

Kondithoppu RTO CSI Metric School, Near Vetnary college.

Anna Nagar RTO Anna nagar RTO office.

CBRE TVH TVH Building, MRC nagar.

MOP Hands on for 2nd & 3rd batch Nungambakkam, MOP

Washermenpet RTO Shoba School, Washermenpet.

Sathyam Cinemas Royapet, Seran screen, sathyam hall.

sathyam cinemas Season screens, Sathyam hall.

sathya cinemas Season screens, Sathyam hall.

Aynavaram RTO CSI Bein School

IIT Madras IIT Campus, ADYAR.

sathyam cinemas Season screens, Sathyam hall.

Aynavaram RTO Maharishi Vidhya Mandir school

sathyam cinemas Escape, Express Avenue, Royapettah.

sathyam cinemas Escape, Express Avenue, Royapettah.

Anna Nagar RTO RTO Office, Anna nagar.

CBRE olympia tech park CBRE Training room

Anna nagar RTO RTO Office, Anna nagar.

SIFY Staffs Thiruvanmiur.

IIT Madras IIT Campus, Adyar

CBRE OTPL

Rain Tree Staffs Hotel Rain Tree

Church Park Schol Std Church Park, Gemini.

Anna Nagar RTO Rto Office, AnnaNagar

Rain Tree Staffs HotelRain Tree

Rain Tree Staffs HotelRain Tree

CBRE OTPL

Rain Tree Hotel Staffs Rain Tree Hotel, MountRoad.

Sify Only Demo

Deloitte Awareness SkyWalk & EP Avenue

CBRE Jayanth Tech Park

Alert awareness videos Visteon, Gundy.

Puppet Show At Visteon Visteon, Guindy.

CPR Demo for Visteon OTPL, Guindy



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CBRE Ramanujam IT Park

Devi Academy School Valasaravakkam

Vivekanandha School Teachers V School, Mudichur.

A School Teachers Rani Sethai Hall, Gemini

CBRE & Sai Fire Institute Students OTPL, Guindy

Tipentians Aroville,Pondi

Durepel CIT Nagar, T.Nagar.

RTO Grade 1 Inspectors Rakjalakshmi Engg College, Maduravail.

A School Teachers Chettinad Building, Gemini

Meeeting with Traffic Police Coffee Shop, Adyar.

Traffic Police Commissioner Office, Butt Road.

Traffic Police Commissioner Office.

Traffic Police 108 Field Trip

Volunteers Session Balamandir, T.Nagar

Traffic Police Commissioner Office, Butt Road.

SASTRA Tanjur, SASTRA University

AroVille Aroville, Puducherry

CBT CD Launch Event Darbar Hall, RajBhavan.

Falcon Auto mobile Pvt., Ltd. Sri Perumathur.

CBRE OTPL, Guindy.

Press, Media & Alert Voluteers IIT , Engg Design Dept Hall.



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The ALERT Being – A computer based training programme in Golden Hour Care and Emergency Care

ALERT produced and designed a CD on computer based training programmes with two objectives –

To bring in consistency in the course disseminated which can also be a self learning tool

structured audiences like schools, colleges and corporate.

To reduce dependency on the need for trainers and move into a model of facilitator based

programmes.

Presented here are some snapshots of the contents of the CD.



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The ALERT Being CD Launch

The ALERT Being CBT launch by His Excellency The Governor of Tamilnadu Dr K.Rosaiah. From left to

right – Ms Kala Balasundaram, Founder President, ALERT; Justice B Rajendran, Justice – Madras High

court; His Excellency; Mr. Venkat Changavalli – Former CEO of EMRI 108; Mr Rajesh R Trivedi –

Managing Trustee – ALERT

Making Emergency Care work better – A holistic Approach – Panel Discussion at Raj Bhavan



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A two hour panel discussion was held at the Darbar hall, Raj Bhavan Chennai. The platform was created

with a vision by ALERT, to bring in synergies amongst the various stakeholders of the emergency care

eco system. The discussion was in detail with key decision makers on the panel bringing out aspects

related to their respective areas of authority. Legal provisions available in Indian Law that helps a Good

Samaritan helping a victim on the road was brought out effectively. The panel members were candid

and took to reality with a clear intention of wanting to better the system to save a life. In an effort to

synergize the individual islands of excellence in the emergency care eco system, ALERT submitted a

report on actions agreed upon by each of the panel members to His Excellency. ALERT constantly follows

up on the action items to closure.

In the image above, from left to right – Mr. S Vasudevan – VP, Planning and Communications, ALERT; Mr

B N Sridhar – COO, GVK EMRI 108, TN; Mr. Sanjay S Arora – Asst. Commissioner of police (Traffic),

Chennai city; His Lordship Justice B Rajendran – Madras High court; S Rajendran IPS – IGP, TN State

traffic planning cell; Dr. T V Ramakrishnan – Head, department of emergency medicine, Sri

Ramachandra Medical college; Mr. Krish Ramesh – COO, Fortis hospitals; Mr S Venkataiah – Regional

head, New India Assurance.

It is significant to note that the Darbar hall has been a host and witness to only state functions

predominantly and for the first time, with the due permission of His Excellency, such an event was

permitted at the Raj Bhavan purely owing to good intention behind the cause. His Excellency, The

Governor’s speech transcript can be read at the end of this report or can be downloaded from -

http://www.alert-wecare.org/other/Raj_Bhavan.pdf

http://www.alert-wecare.org/other/Raj_Bhavan.pdf



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Events in Immediate Future

Workshops out of Chennai.

There have been a number of requests for ALERT workshops to be held at districts outside of Chennai

and in the coming year, ALERT would be looking at doing more such workshops.

Organize larger events to scale awareness levels

ALERT would look for opportunities to scale the awareness programmes to a larger scale to get more

youngsters into the training workshops.

Challenges

Funds - Need to work on a regular flow of fund in taking lot many projects to scale and reach out

to more people.

Volunteers - Volunteer base needs to be strengthened

Right to Emergency Care –

Following the action items agreed in the panel discussion, ALERT would follow through with each

stakeholder and also knock on new doors involving the medical, legal, enforcement and state authorities

to ensure that no person in an emergency is turned away in hospitals without atleast providing

stabilization. This is a long drawn process and a vision of ALERT and the journey so far, gives the

necessary confidence that it is possible in our country with stronger pursuit.

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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR.K.ROSAIAH, GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU AT THE

LAUNCHING OF CD-CBT PROGRAMME IN GOLDEN HOUR CARE & EMERGENCY RESPONSE OF

ALERT AT RAJ BHAVAN, CHENNAI ON 12.11.2011 AT 6.00 P.M.

At the outset, I congratulate ALERT for bringing out the CD. It is a great pleasure to release the CD-

“The Alert Being” – a computer based training programme for “Golden Hour Care and Emergency

Response” and address the distinguished gathering here this evening. It is timely. This throws much

light and lays emphasis on the need for each one of us to have basic knowledge on emergency care

management. Looking at the value of life, it is necessary for us to prevent the loss of life and explore

all avenues to sensitize people and train them on First Aid and Emergency response at the time of an

accident. I am sure that this CD will have a significant impact in saving lives and in building an

awareness and alert society. There is an alarming increase in road accidents. Statistics reveal that in

India 1.33 lakh lives were lost due to accidents last year. This is an increase of 5.5 % over 2009,

which had 1.26 lakh deaths. Datas show that during the decade 2000-2010 there was an increase of

50% in accidental deaths in the year 2010 when compared to the year 2000.

Tamil Nadu is second in the highest registered number of vehicles next to Maharashtra in our country.

The highest number of accidents i.e. 15,409 was reported in Tamil Nadu followed by Andhra Pradesh

with 15,337 in the year 2010. We need joint and concerted efforts from all quarters to minimize and

prevent the cause of accidents. The traffic rules should be strictly enforced. Violation of traffic rules,

unruly driving and drunken driving should be severely punished and driving licenses should be

cancelled. Creation of a road sense among the public is the need of the hour. We often race with

time. The habit of planning travel ahead, adhering to traffic rules should be cultivated among the

people.

I am told that, Tamil Nadu accounted for 11.5% road accident deaths in the year 2010 and it is 10.5%

in Andhra Pradesh. The increasing fatalities caution us to enhance our knowledge on medical

emergency care and the need for prime attention at the Golden Hour. We need to impart skills and

knowledge among the public to offer assistance to road accident victims. A mindset to overcome fear,

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anxiety and to handle the situation with ease without tension should be cultivated.

I am happy to note that in line with the goals set by former President Dr.Abdul Kalam, ALERT has

trained over 15,000 people till date. The initiatives taken by ALERT to train people on Golden Hour

Care and Emergency Management deserve appreciation.

There is no wealth but life said John Ruskin. We owe a moral responsibility to do everything possible to

save a human life. Initiatives like that of ALERT need to rapidly grow and spread to other NGOs. The

process of creating awareness and skill needs to be accelerated. Integration of subjects on basic life

support, First aid, health care into school curriculum should be brought in. I congratulate ALERT for

bringing CD in Tamil and English. It should be brought in other languages also. ALERT should have a

tie up with the electronic media to telecast them in their prime time repeatedly to sensitize people on

First aid and Emergency care.

Road users, auto drivers, transport authorities, traffic police, traders, businessmen, entrepreneurs,

housewives, staff in public and private offices must have access to such training. Increase in more

number of skilled and compassionate people would enable to handle accident victims effectively in

time. Support and consented efforts from the people, voluntary organizations in close coordination

with the Government and police is required to minimize the road accidents and to save the life at the

Golden Hour. The fear of being implied as a witness for a road accident case should be removed from

the minds of the people. The police should also ensure that unnecessarily the first responders are not

dragged on to enquiries. Hospitals should not delay or be hesitant to admit accident victims or provide

first aid to them.

It is imperative that the priorities and goals of all these systems must be aligned to a single cause that

of saving a life first. I am told that one of the projects that ALERT is currently pursuing is to make

emergency medical care a fundamental right. I am happy that a panel discussion has taken place this

evening involving various stakeholders of the medical emergency system.

All departments, agencies and organizations should come forward to play proactive role in collectively

providing efficient medical care during emergencies. More such productive discussions and

consultations are needed. We have to formulate strategies and should work with a mission to train a

man and a woman in every household.

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success in its endeavours.

Jai Hind.

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