NTW 2025 Offers CPR Training, Insight Into The World Of The Blind

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 (Bernama) -- Visitors to the National Training Week (NTW) 2025 Carnival have the opportunity to learn life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for free and gain insights into the world of the visually impaired.

Academy of Safety and Emergency Care (ASEC) Strategic Task Force manager Muazzam Jamaluddin said visitors are given hands-on exposure to initial life-saving techniques during emergencies.

“We’ll be demonstrating and teaching the correct way to perform CPR so the public can better understand and feel confident to take action in an emergency. We will guide them on how to apply proper chest compressions and assess how accurate their technique is.

“We are also challenging visitors to perform CPR for two minutes using a special device to test the percentage of their effectiveness in saving lives within 120 seconds,” he told Bernama at the NTW 2025 booth at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, here today.

He added that apart from CPR training, his team also brought a disaster management simulation module to teach the concept of triage, which is prioritising treatment in situations involving many victims at this year’s NTW.

“We showed visitors how to identify who should receive immediate treatment during a large-scale incident involving many lives. This situation is not as simple as treating one patient as there needs to be a priority order to ensure treatment can be given effectively,” he said.

One of the visitors, Hidayatus Syafiyyah Kamaludin, 24, said the opportunity to practice CPR and learn the correct technique is very useful in preparing for emergencies involving either family members or the public.

“I have only seen CPR being done but never had the chance to try it myself. This time I got to try it and learn the proper method,” said the private-sector employee.

Meanwhile, Nor Saliza Jusoh, a publishing assistant at the Textbook Division of the Islamic Society of the Blind (PERTIS) said her organisation aimed to raise awareness on how to correctly assist the visually impaired.

“Many people don’t know that when they see a visually impaired person by the roadside, they shouldn’t just grab their cane or backpack. That’s actually a serious mistake, as it could startle them and cause them to fall.

“Some visually impaired individuals may be startled and spontaneously push away. When that happens, people might think they’re being ungrateful or rejecting help when in reality, they’re just reacting out of surprise,” she said.

She said one of the proper methods is to allow the visually impaired individual to hold your elbow or shoulder. When passing through narrow areas, your hand should be placed behind your back so they can safely follow.

Visitors are also given the chance to use a Braille typewriter (Perkins Brailler), as well as to read and identify basic Roman and Jawi Braille characters.

NTW 2025, organised by the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) with support from the Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA), runs nationwide from today until June 21, offering over 70,000 free courses.

-- BERNAMA