CSBT Personnel Ready for Serious Illness and Injury

The Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) personnel is now prepared to attend to life-threatening illnesses, injury and other terminal emergencies after its responders underwent a three-day training from the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and Cebu Provincial Health Office (CPHO).

PDRRMO Chief Baltazar S. Tribunalo Jr. said the instruction came after Governor Hilario P. Davide III saw the need to prepare employees for crisis situation, especially during the Holy Week break where passengers crowd the bus station for hometown and holiday trips.

“After our inspection and assessment in CSBT, the Governor saw the need of having responders in the terminal so when the need arises, we already have the people to respond,” Tribunalo said.

The training, Tribunalo said, follows a ‘ladderized’ module on Basic Life Support (BLS) and Basic First Aid (BFA) trainings and is in line with the standards of the Department of Health.

Basic Life Support outlines management of a number of conditions such as cardiac arrest, choking and drowning while First Aid usually includes courses on initial intervention in a serious condition prior to professional medical help, such as performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while awaiting an ambulance.

Qualified trainers from PDRRMO and CPHO will evaluate the trainees’ performance.

PDRRMO Trainer Crista Hermosa said that once the trainee passes the written and practical exam, they will be given the certification and ID.

Prior to the exercise, participants are asked to have their medical and physical examinations at the CPHO.

PDRRMO will train more employee responders to achieve the target responders-to-population ratio. CSBT has approximately 25,000 to 30,000 passengers during peak season.

SOURCE: www.cebu.gov.ph