Hope for accident victims
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 13
Ambulances continuously taking the rounds of the city to track down any serious accident case which needs medical attention, their drivers well-versed with the basics of the trauma management and handling of the patients and a critically ill patient landing in the emergency ward within five minutes of an accident.

Depicting the ideal picture of what a Trauma Centre should be , the expert from Denmark, Dr Annemarie shared the experience of setting up the 1200-bed biggest trauma centre at Copenhagen in 1999 and rendered tips on how to make such a centre work effectively for people.

The first step, she revealed, was closing the doors of emergency ward of the hospital for any other patients but maintaining the exclusivity for seriously injured patients requiring immediate care.

“We closed the hospital’s emergency unit and catered only to seriously injured patients when we set up the trauma centre in 1999. As a result, though there are five hospitals in the city today, we are getting more than 700 cases of seriously injured patients every year,’’ said Dr Annemarie who delivered a special lecture at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, here today.

But merely making this infrastructural modification was not adequate. The real step lay in the training of manpower deployed at every step of the managing a trauma case, which also included the training of the ambulance drivers in handling and taking care of the patients while on their way to the Trauma Centre. ``We are following the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ALTS) system, which is a systematic learning process. Everyone in paramedicine, including the drivers are well versed with the golden A-B-C-D-E rule. It simply means that the stepwise checking of the patient’s Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability and Exposure starts the moment the ambulance reaches him,’’ explained the doctor. The emphasis is on starting the treatment right from the spot of the accident, rather than waiting for the patient to reach the hospital, unlike the general practice in most of the Indian hospitals. 

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Sagar Bhatia best golfer
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 13
Sagar Bhatia with a score of 70 was declared the best player of the tournament in the SJOBA Golf Tournament played at the Panchkula Golf Course last evening. The tournament was inaugurated by Mr P.K. Chaudhary, Secretary, Haryana.

As many as 54 golfers participated in the tournament. Sagar also bagged the prize for the longest drive. The runner-up of the tournament was Ajitesh Sandhu with a score of 73.

Other prize winners were Anil Gakhar who won the trophy for ‘nearest to the pin and Sandeep Singh Chadha won the trophy for ‘least number of putts.’ Dhruv Avtar Singh was declared the best player from amongst the school students. Brother McCann of St John’s School gave away prizes.

Amit Sethi and Nipun Mehan president and secretary, respectively, of the SJOBA spoke on the occasion.

Rowing: The Chandigarh State Junior Rowing Championship for Boys and Girls will be held at the Lake Club on September18. The following events will be conducted: single scull, double scull, coxless pairs and coxless fours.

All rowers born on or after January 1,1986, are eligible to send their entries to Mr Parmod Kumar Singla, honorary secretary, Chandigarh Rowing Association, on September 17.

Athletics: The Amateur Athletic Association, Chandigarh, has selected a 21-member team for the 16th Noth Zone Junior Athletics Championship to be held at Panipat from September 17 to 19.

The team is :Jaspreet Kaur, Talwinderjit Kaur, Pooja, Priyanka, Jasbir Kaur, Prabhjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Pawandeep Kaur, Santosh, Mohd Toheed, Abhinav, Sudhir, Kashish Khanna, Anil, Jarnail, Harminder Pal Singh, Joginder Singh, Rajnish Mann, Herwinder Singh and Yadwinder Singh.

According to Mr Ravinder Chaudhary, secretary of the association, Herwinder Singh of DAV College and Pawandeep Kaur of SAI-18 will be the captain of the team.

Cricket: A 16-member Chandigarh District Cricket team (under-15) has been announced by the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association for its first tie to be played against Panchkula at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, on September 15. According to Mr Surinder Singh ‘Baijee’, secretary of the association, the team will be led by Sandeep.

Other members are: Ajay Pandit, Sham Singh, Vikrant Bansal, Shivam Pathania, Amit Rana, Sikandar, Vanshaj Rana, Sudhanshu, Aditya Sood, Angad Singh, Gitanshu, Amit Sharma, Anil Beniwal, Gurpreet and Sudesh Pandey. Standbys: Sumit Agnihotri, Monal, Abhey Malhotra and Sahil Mahajan.

Chess: Tashmeen Kaur and Himal Gosain bagged the under-11 girls and boys’ section titles, respectively, in the Chandigarh Chess Championship in under-17 and under 11 section, which concluded at St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, on Sunday. Rishu Rathi won the under-17 girls’ title, while Anmol Razdan emerged winner in under-17 boys’ section. Mr J.P. Singh, Principal of the hosts, school gave away prizes.

Panchkula cricket team: Rohit Singh will lead Panchkula district under-15 cricket team in the Haryana State Inter-District Cricket Championship. The team will play its first tie against Chandigarh on September 15 at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

According to Mr Sandeep Moudgil, secretary of the association, the team is: Gaurav Chhabra, Vipul Chadha, Ankur Malhotra,Tanveer Manik, Nipun Gupta, Gunidhi Sharma, Ashish Tejpal, Karan Chilana, Puneet Dhiman, Mohit Verma, Amit Kumar, Yashvardhan, Vikas Lather, Naval Sood and Zulfikar Ali. Stand byes; Azil Chhabra, Davinder Pal and Sushank Gandhi.