BU Holds "CPR & AED" Workshop to Strengthen Students' Emergency First-Aid Skills

Training students in CPR and AED use

General Education Administration Center, in collaboration with Student Affairs Division of Bangkok University, organized the workshop “CPR & AED: Emergency First Aid and Basic Life Support” for students, held in collaboration with a team of trainers from the Teach for Life Association, the OxyFight Foundation, the Samut Sakhon Charity Foundation, the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation Pattaya, and the Sawang Saeng Tham Thammasathan Foundation Sung Noen, the event was held at Diamond Hall, 5th Floor, Building A3, Bangkok University.

The workshop aimed to strengthen students’ knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency first aid, helping to increase survival rates for the public in emergency situations. K.Siriwat Kantaros, President of the Teach for Life Association, emphasized the fundamentals of emergency first aid, CPR, and the proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), supported by a team of trainers from both the Teach for Life Association and the Oxyfight Foundation who led hands-on demonstrations for participants.

The curriculum used to train the students is the curriculum of the Teach for Life Association, which aims to build personnel across various sectors of society with the knowledge, understanding, and skills to provide basic emergency first aid to patients, increasing their chances of survival before they are handed over to medical professionals, under the concept “Because saving lives is everyone’s responsibility.”

Students had the opportunity to practice CPR and AED usage on realistic training manikins, building the confidence needed to apply these skills in real emergency situations. Upon completion of the training, all participants received a certificate of completion.