SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today reviewed the implementation of crash course for covid frontline workers here.
The meeting was attended by Director Health Services, Kashmir; Chief Medical Officer, Srinagar; Principal AMT School, Srinagar in person. The representatives of Director Health, Jammu; MD, Skill Development Mission and MD National Health Mission besides other CMOs and AMT School principals of J&K participated in the meeting through video conferencing.
In the onset of the meeting it was said that the course for COVID Frontline Worker (Basic Care Support) is a crash course for all the Covid care workers and volunteers where the candidates are given hands-on training to deal better with this life-threatening disease.
It was said that the course is based upon 8 modules consisting of 21 days theory followed by on the job training in the nearby medical colleges or district hospitals. The meeting was further informed that till date more than 4500 workers have received the training across the UT and are going to be provided with practical instructions in the nearby hospitals.
The course consists of instructions related to infection control practices and waste management, Introduction to human body, observation, reporting and documentation, death care, and understanding the working of basic medical equipment etc.
The meeting was apprised that there is a mandatory provision of 3 months on-the-job training which inculcates better practices and acumen among the trainers.

KR Desk