{"id":9853,"date":"2025-10-24T16:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:50:36","slug":"pan-india-cpr-awareness-week-organized-by-ministry-of-health-and-family-welfare-to-strengthen-community-response-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=9853","title":{"rendered":"Pan-India CPR Awareness Week organized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to strengthen community response capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pan-India CPR Awareness Week organized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to strengthen community response capacity<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nCoordinated National Effort drives CPR Training and Awareness across India<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Comprehensive Training and Outreach Activities conducted during CPR Awareness Week 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over 14,700 participants join inaugural CPR live demonstration; 79,870 take Digital Pledge on MyGov<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Extensive Digital and Youth Engagement during CPR Awareness Week: 36,040 citizens participate in CPR Quiz, 368 youth volunteers join Awareness Initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over 7.47 lakh citizens engaged through Multi-Modal CPR Awareness Activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CPR Training imparted to over 6.06 lakh participants across the Country<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posted On: 22 OCT 2025 2:58PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organized a pan-India CPR Awareness Week from 13th to 17th October 2025 with the objective of enhancing public understanding and practical capacity in Compression-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The initiative aimed to sensitize citizens about the importance of early bystander intervention during cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite CPR\u2019s proven life-saving potential, India\u2019s bystander CPR rates remain lower than global standards. Through this week-long initiative, the Ministry sought to bridge this gap by promoting widespread CPR training, awareness, and behavioural readiness across diverse population groups.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The objectives of the CPR Awareness Week were to enhance public awareness on the importance of CPR as a critical life-saving measure, provide practical training and demonstrations through diverse stakeholders, encourage youth participation in volunteerism and community preparedness, and utilize digital platforms to achieve wide-ranging public outreach and engagement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative was implemented through the coordinated efforts of multiple stakeholders across the country. State and Union Territory Health and Medical Education Departments played a crucial role in organizing field-level training and awareness activities. Central Government Ministries\/Department\/Organizations such as those of Home Affairs, Defence, Labour & Employment, Youth Affairs, Sports, Electronics and Information Technology, Higher Education, School Education & Literacy, Railways, Health Research\u00a0and NDMA extended decentralized outreach to diverse sections of society. Central Government Hospitals, AIIMS, Institutes of National Importance and autonomous institutions under the Ministry actively conducted training and awareness sessions. The Indian Red Cross Society mobilized its State, Union Territory, and District sub-centres for community-based CPR training. Professional bodies also conducted training and awareness programmes through their State Chapters. Digital outreach and youth engagement were further strengthened through the MyGov platform of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and the MyBharat platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Activities Undertaken<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A series of activities were organized throughout the week to ensure widespread participation and awareness generation. A total of 14,701 participants joined the inaugural live pledge and CPR demonstration event through the ECHO platform and YouTube Live. Citizens were also encouraged to take a digital pledge through the MyGov platform, with\u00a079,870\u00a0individuals pledging their commitment to CPR awareness.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A panel discussion on \u201cCPR Techniques and the Role of Bystanders\u201d was conducted with participation from six experts representing AIIMS New Delhi, Dr. RML Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, and SGT Medical College. The session, moderated by the Deputy Director General, Disaster Management Cell, witnessed participation from 10,129 attendees through ECHO and YouTube Live. Participants were also given a live demonstration on CPR and the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Extensive physical training sessions on Compression-only CPR were organized across India by State and UT health departments, Central Government Hospitals, AIIMS, INIs, the Indian Red Cross Society, and professional bodies, training a total\u00a0of 6,06,374\u00a0participants.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At Nirman Bhawan, CPR training sessions were held for Central Government employees, CISF personnel, housekeeping staff, and officials from various Ministries, benefiting 264 participants. On 16th October, a special training session was also conducted for 70 officials of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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To engage citizens digitally, a CPR Quiz was hosted on the MyGov and MyBharat platforms, in which 36,040 participants took part. Additionally, through the Volunteer for Bharat initiative, 368 youths actively volunteered to promote CPR awareness during the week.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A range of social media and digital activities were undertaken in association with the Media Cell of the Ministry. An educational video on CPR developed and hosted on the Ministry\u2019s YouTube channel as a standardized educational resource for States and UTs. Expert interviews in both English and Hindi were disseminated through the Ministry\u2019s social media handles, highlighting the technical aspects and public relevance of CPR. Other IEC materials and event promotions generated extensive online viewership across all digital platforms.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the live demonstration of CPR by experts in the presence of Secretary (Health) on 13th October was covered by multiple news agencies including Doordarshan. A special feature titled \u201cTotal Health \u2013 Medical Emergency\u201d was broadcast on DD News on 19th October, showcasing live demonstrations of compression-only CPR, with experts from AIIMS, New Delhi participating as panelists.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, through these multifaceted activities,\u00a0over 7,47,000\u00a0citizens were engaged during the CPR Awareness Week, and\u00a0physical\u00a0training was imparted to more than\u00a06,06,374\u00a0participants across the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pan-India CPR Awareness Week organized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to strengthen community response capacity Coordinated National Effort drives CPR Training and Awareness across India Comprehensive Training and Outreach Activities conducted during CPR Awareness Week 2025 Over 14,700 participants join inaugural CPR live demonstration; 79,870 take Digital Pledge on MyGov Extensive Digital and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9856,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853\/revisions\/9856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}