18 Ambulance Drivers Joined Defensive Driving Training

The Emergency Ambulance Management (AGD) Unit from Jakarta Health Agency held Defensive Driving training for 18 ambulance drivers in health centers (puskesmas) and General Public Hospitals (RSUD)s on November 16-18.

In this training, participants will not only learn how to operate ambulance but also basic first aid

Jakarta Health Agency's AGD Unit Head, Iwan Kurniawan mentioned, this training is given to support ambulance drivers thus they can be more holistic in handling emergencies.

"In this training, participants will not only learn how to operate ambulance but also basic first aid," he stated, Tuesday (11/17).

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It was the third Defensive Driving training for ambulance drivers in this year.

According to him, apart from nurses and doctors, ambulance drivers must be also skilled and understand emergency handling thus when carrying patients, they don't make worsen the patient's condition.

"Thus it can minimize disabilities and deaths on the way," he conveyed.