First Aid, Essential Life-Saving Activity First aid(FA) is immediate help provided to a patient whose life is in danger or someone who is injured, which in most cases is operated on the spot by someone who is not a medical worker. It is reported that most people who survived from natural disasters and accidents were helped by the residents in the locale. Therefore, it is important for all ...
World First Aid Day Today, the world is greatly affected by frequent spells of extreme high temperature, drought, flood, hurricane, heatwave and other extreme weather patterns happening everywhere regardless of season. This year, too, various parts of the world feel the growing impact of global warming, suffering huge human and material losses from heavy rains and floods. The increasing sev ...
Effective Hygienic Promotion The hygienic promotion was conducted briskly even during the hottest period of this summer by the Red Cross (RC) volunteers and youth members throughout the country to contribute to the improvement of the people’s health. They visited factories, enterprises and households, recommending people to wear a hat or parasol and drink water often to prevent suns ...
Active Hygienic Promotion In close cooperation with local health workers, Red Cross volunteers throughout the country are effectively conducting hygienic promotion among the population to prevent various diseases in summer. They intelligibly explain to the people what major diseases in summer are, what its symptoms are and how it can be prevented, thus encouraging the people to gain good hygie ...
Months of Watersports July and August are months of watersports in the DPRK. During this period, a large number of people go to beaches to spend pleasant time enjoying various sporting activities such as swimming. In this period, Red Cross volunteers run first aid posts on the beaches in order to prevent casualties by sudden accidents, while disseminating among people the knowledge on how t ...