Ikoyi Rotary tees off charity golf tourney for life savers’ training, others

President of the Rotary Club of Ikoyi, Mr. Augustine Irabor (third right), with some golfers during the tee-off of the charity tourney at the Ikoyi Club’s Golf Section in Lagos…Friday

Imagine a world with abundant well-trained basic life savers who promptly attend to job environment health emergencies.

This is exactly what the Rotary Club of Ikoyi has set out to achieve in Ikoyi and environs in Lagos as it begins a project to train pro bono batches of 50 persons from the different organisations in the community.

As its star-project for the ongoing rotary year, the club will train two representatives from each organisation at over N50,000 per trainee in Basic Life Support (BLS) – first aid and CPR, among others, with follow-up and international certification at the end of the training.

To raise the required fund and create more awareness on what people should do in moments of medical distress, a charity golf tourney with the theme, “Swing To Save Life,” held Friday at the Golf Section of the Ikoyi Club 1938, featuring local and foreign handicap golfers.

Explaining the initiative at the commencement of the tourney Friday, President of the Rotary Club of Ikoyi, Mr. Augustine Irabor, said that when somebody slumps, the trained life savers know exactly what to do to save such person instead of being helpless or taking pictures.

“You need to train the people on what to do instantly before calling for help, then getting an ambulance to a treatment centre.

“That is why we have our service providers on the training of representatives on BLS, the ambulance, etc.

“We started this training in July and have the first set. After the training, we will be able to follow the sequence, so that whether at home, workplace or anywhere, once it