Archive · 27 May 2025
Lucknow: Bike Taxi Captains to Get CPR and First Aid Training
Imagine bike taxi drivers, who are often the first at accident scenes, learning how to help.
Over 1,200 drivers in Lucknow will be trained on May 27.
They'll learn how to do CPR, stop bleeding, and use first aid kits.
This training is happening at Medanta Hospital with experts from many places, aiming to make roads safer.
It's like giving these drivers superpowers to help people until professional help arrives.
Over 1,200 Rapido bike taxi captains in Lucknow will receive CPR and first aid training.
The training is scheduled for May 27, coinciding with World Emergency Medicine Day.
Doctors and experts from 16 states will participate in the training at Medanta Hospital.
The initiative aims to create a new cadre of first responders on the roads.
The training will cover CPR, bleeding control, first aid kit usage, emergency response, and traffic safety.
- Who
- Rapido bike taxi captains
- What
- CPR and first aid training
- When
- May 27
- Where
- Lucknow, Medanta Hospital
- Why
- To equip them with life-saving skills and address lack of timely first aid.
- Number of Captains Trained
- 1,200+
- Training Date
- May 27
- Training Location
- Medanta Hospital
- Training Topics
- CPR, first aid, emergency response
- Organizers
- Society of Acute Care, Trauma and Emergency Medicine (SACTEM) and Rapido
- Issue Addressed
- Road Accidents