As part of Ministry of Health’s participation at the Muscat International Book Fair event, a two-day workshop on First Aid is conducted starting today (Wednesday) at Ahmed bin Majed Hall, Oman Convention and Exhibition Center. 
The workshop today touched upon principles of first aid, legal considerations, and respiratory problems such as suffocation of adults, children, and infants, in addition to asthma. 
Moreover, the mechanism of dealing with bleeding cases such as severe bleeding, amputation, embedded objects, trauma, nosebleed, as well bone and spine injuries (fractures, spinal injury) were discussed. It further addressed various medical conditions such as heart attacks, stroke, epilepsy, high/low blood sugar, anaphylaxis, and poisoning. 
Practical applications of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were performed by accredited first aid trainers.