First Aid Training Conducted by Explore Himalaya

Explore Himalaya Conducted a Day’s First Aid Training to its trekking guides in collaboration with CIWEC Hospital on Sep, 2019. Seventeen guides attended the training, which began at the onset of the tourist season. Experienced doctors and nurses from CIWEC Hospital, one of the world’s most reputable travel medicine centers, conducted the training.

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The training aims to meet the needs of high-altitude guides, trip leaders, and outdoor staff working in remote mountain environments. The program covered a broad range of essential skills required during medical emergencies through theoretical and practical demonstration. Content for the training included courses on Cut & Wound Care, Burns, Fractures & Dislocations, Spinal Injury, Hypothermia, Altitude illnesses and First Aid Tool Kit.  The session also included emergency and risk management skills and confidence needed to make informed medical decisions. After the training, a pre-season “Best Practices for Guides” session was also conducted in Explore Himalaya office. In the session General Manager Anuj Pandey reviewed about past weaknesses and oriented about the ways of addressing the issues to provide flawless and responsible services in the upcoming season.The session covered principles and practices related to guide behavior, guest handling, guide ethics, and sustainable practices for guides on the trail.

Manager Kedar Khadka and Operation Manager Bharat Raj Puri also addressed the session. Explore Himalaya, as a travelife certified company, regularly does such training to enhance, excel and empower its team for the utmost care, safety and satisfaction of its travellers. The participants had lunch in Marcopolo Restaurant after the session.

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