After the successful conduct of the first Basic First Aid for Mountaineers (BFAM)/ Artificial Respiration (AR)/ and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) outreach session, the club is now actively seeking sponsors, both private or corporate. The help of sponsors should allow the club to expand the scope, reach and quality of the sessions. These would also enable the club to provide assistance in setting up of emergency-first-aid stations in places such as the Duacan Visitor Center (currently operating more as a registration and fee-collection point). The club has committed to help set up the visitor center as a First-Aid center, doubling as a guide-and-porter training center for the locals.
The mechanics of how the sponsors can assist and how they can be publicly acknowledged (unless they wish to remain incognito) is still being worked out. These should not present any problem.
Among the items on the wish-list are the following: Prosthetic devices (artificial wounds, fractures and other simulated injuries) to make for more realistic trainings; large triangular bandages for use in cravat bandaging; disposable CPR masks (it would be nice to hand out one of each of the two preceeding items to each trainee); various portable audio visual aids.
