According to an estimate at least one person is killed on the roads of each of our metros each day because of delay in providing first aid or delayed admission to a medical facility. Doctors point out that at least 50 percent of these fatalities can be averted if the victims are admitted to a hospital with in the golden hour . However, in case the road accident victim is lucky enough to reach a hospital, his worries are still not over. In western countries once an accident victim reaches a hospital, only one percent of the deaths are unpreventable. In our country this figure is an appalling 41 percent.
Valuable time is lost in completing medico- legal formalities.
For an accident victim, it is important that he is provided basic first aid, which enables him to survive, till he reaches a hospital. People though willing to help, just stand and watch. But if you want to help, stop and think what you can do. First call an ambulance. In this age of IT revolution you are never far from a phone.