the inhabitants of Mirail are trained in first aid gestures
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Knowledge of first aid gestures can help save lives by saving precious minutes before the arrival of caregivers. In the popular district of Mirail, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), an association has been offering training for four years to teach these gestures to the inhabitants.
South of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), in the Mirail district, the firefighters do not arrive as quickly as elsewhere. After being stoned and targeted during interventions, they are now forced to wait for the police to help them safely. A crucial waste of time in an emergency. Accustomed to this situation, the inhabitants have no choice but to train themselves.
Claire Lazaro, volunteer trainer of the Civil Protection, an initiator of more than 300 inhabitants of the district in vital gestures. And it has paid off since a few months ago, a mother practiced these gestures on her choking child. The training costs only 10 euros instead of 70 normally, thanks to a neighborhood association which has been supporting this initiative for four years.
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