Speaking on the occasion, Anand said a total of 1248 Hyderabad city police officers and personnel will participate in the second phase of the 4-day training
Due to lack of awareness about various medical conditions related to the heart, quite often, a lot of people get confused between a heart attack, cardiac arrest and strokE
Stating that as many as 15 lakh people were dying of cardiac arrest in the country, Rao said that they could save upto 50 percent of lives if the people were trained in CPR aparting making AEDs available.
As providence would have it, a quick responding traffic police constable, D.Rajasekhar was nearby and rushed to his aid and provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).