579 Youth led emergency care response at community level-an implementation project

<h3>Background</h3> New national education policy (2020) of India identified need to integrate health and wellbeing in school health curriculum. current healthcare system suffering with surge in injuries and emergencies, causing high burden of mortality and morbidity. &gt;150 thousand (yearly) deaths reported due to Road traffic injuries, higher among youth. Similarly, 62% (yearly) deaths are due to non-communicable diseases. Delays in immediate emergency care during crucial Golden Hour is major cause of death and disability. 50% students (youth) population can fill this gap to provide immediate care if trained properly. Therefore, a need of an emergency training program for students and teachers’ community identified. <h3>Program Description</h3> WHO CCET designed a program and technical content with help of experts as per needs of community with primary emphasis during program design on scalability, adaptability, cost-effectiveness, and resourcefulness. First, a team of trainers was prepared at institutional level to ensure program’s continuity. se trainers were n guided by WHO CCET team to conduct initial student training using standardized content. three-hour training session, with an additional 1.5 hours for ToT program, covered topics such as recognizing, responding to, and preventing time-sensitive emergencies (RTIs, MI, Stroke, lifestyle diseases). program included didactic sessions, discussions, role-play, skills stations, pre-post assessments, and feedback. An integral component of program focused on psychology to address bystander effect and road safety. <h3>Outcome &amp; Learning</h3> In 2 months, 8 trainings sessions (2 TOT and 6 provider) were conducted, 88 (teachers) trainers and 635 students were trained from 7 colleges. Two colleges established injury prevention and emergency life support centre, providing ongoing training to ir students. Feedback and testimonials about program were positive, with an overall 40% improvement in knowledge and a reported 50% increase in confidence to perform skills post-training. Implication model is scalable, adaptable, cost-effective, resourceful, and self-sustainable, offering efficient care for time-sensitive emergencies within golden hour. It has potential to significantly impact community and seamlessly integrates into existing activities of schools and colleges. Conclusion execution of se cost-effective, impactful community training models for timely emergency management was successful in pilot study and now needs testing on a larger scale.