The Community
Empowering the people closest to the scene of the emergency
Nepal's geography makes the community link one of the most decisive factors in whether a medical emergency becomes a tragedy. When the nearest hospital is hours away, the first responder is whoever is standing there: a teacher, a shopkeeper, a police officer, a neighbor, a driver.
HAPSA empowers ordinary people with lifesaving skills, turning bystanders into first responders.
Our Programs and Projects
Hands-only CPR, choking first aid, and bleeding control: the basic skills that save a life in the minutes before help arrives. These are the moments a bystander can act before professional help does. Delivered to police, teachers, students, health volunteers, and municipal staff across more than a dozen districts, the program has trained over a thousand people to act when it matters most.
We believe CHRs are the solution of the global problem in gaps of trauma care in rural regions. Equipping the people already embedded in remote communities, including teachers, drivers, police, health post workers, and female community health volunteers, to deliver pre-hospital trauma care where the nearest hospital can be six or more hours away, can save lives. Adapted from WHO's BEC and American College of Surgeon's courses, and piloted with Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, the program equips responders to stabilize fractures, control bleeding, and care for the seriously injured in the hours before hospital care is possible. Â
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