First Aid Day: Adriana Karembeu call to “prepare to be ready”

Written by Sandeep Nehra

Adriana Karembeu, godmother of the French Red Cross, urged the French to “prepare to be ready” in case of disaster on Saturday in Lyon, on the occasion of World Day of first aid in order to promote the practice .

“Prepare to be ready. Learn about the lifesaving. Become involved in security is really an act of citizenship today,” said the former model, came to meet volunteers Republic Square, the heart of the Lyon peninsula, which have been prepared several information stands of the Red Cross.

“Today we find ourselves even more committed and motivated to educate the public about the lifesaving training, but we want to go even further to create awareness to reduce risk to disasters,” said Adriana Karembeu at a press conference.

“For 10 years the number of natural disasters has increased by 60%, yet 70% of French people are not concerned about risks to their health,” the ambassador continued for 11 years the Red Cross.

“The French are not adequately prepared for disasters, they have no awareness of risk and prevention” and “they are less well trained in lifesaving techniques that in other European countries,” he regretted for his part Francois Novellino, director of the National Red Cross based on a study published Thursday Ifop.

According to this study, fewer than one in two people feel sufficiently informed on how to respond to a natural disaster or industrial and 46% of respondents say they have already received training in first aid actions, against 74% Germans.

Adriana Karembeu then presented an introduction to risk reduction (IRR) of players on the women’s team OL. This training aims to prepare to cope with a disaster. It was then expected to Chambéry (Savoie) in this transaction held Saturday in a hundred cities in France.

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