The first defibrilator training, a preliminary session with the manufacturers of the machine, took place {jcomments on}on Thursday, 4th March 2010.
The next session, which will last 6 hours will take place after Easter and will include CPR training.
On Thursday, the village doctor, the Cypriot and non-Cypriot trainees, and a lot of observers, turned up for the initial session. Many conversations were in Greek, as was the training module the trainer bought along, however communication was good and will be better for the actual session. The Muhktar looked on throughout the session, and it possibly made him realise the huge return there could be on a small amount of expenditure.
The Council Executive Secretary was interested in the fact that the PRA had 3 people in reserve who may also be invited to the full training session. He has plans for the methodology for calling volunteers in an emergency and will be outlining these once the training is all in hand.
A huge amount of work has been put in by the PRA Health & Welfare Group to drive this project forward, together with support from the Muhktar and Pissouri Community Council.
(Extracts from message from Kay Boyd-Platt following the first session)
Many thanks from the PRA Committee for all the hard work done by the Health & Welfare Group.
It is much appreciated, and we are pleased to see the project coming to fruition.