Tag Archives: Driver

ENHANCING EFFECTIVE POST-CRASH CARE

post crash care

Death itself is a painful phenomenon but it is more painful to realise that these deaths could have been prevented, hence the need to enhancing effective post-crash care. As much as no one wills or hopes to be victim of accidents, yet there are victims of different accidents and road traffic accidents daily.Traffic crashes are […]

PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency Management

Emergency is any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injury to anyone.  It can disrupt, cause physical or environmental damage and financial threat to businesses. While emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks that could lead to damages, loss of lives and properties in any community. It involves the […]

NECK TRAUMA: The penetrating pain

HEI Neck

That phase of the year that needs more caution because of its susceptibility to unpleasant happenings is the ‘Ember’ months phase and December is not an exception. 2019 nears its end and it weighs the heart with some unpleasant occurrences especially with the recent neck trauma occurrence. It’s no longer news that a young lady […]

PREVENT ACCIDENT: Be a Defensive Driver

HEI Prevent accident: Be a Defensive Driver

In the early hours of Monday, 2nd December 2019, an accident happened at Ikeja Under Bridge involving a motorcycle rider and the victim died instantly. A day before this day, this victim would have celebrated that he witnessed the month that ends year 2019. Sad right? Yes it is. This implies that accident is no […]

PREVENTION OF FIRE OUTBREAK IN OIL SPILLAGE

October is National Fire Safety Month and safety is everyone’s business no matter what you do, it is important that you consider the safety effect of your actions and inaction. Some days ago, a video went viral showing residents of Mile 2 scooping petrol from a petrol tanker. This could have resulted to a deadly […]

HOW TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO EMERGENCY

Following the previous post on “ Impact of Effective Emergency Response”, we promised to keep you updated on what can you do to have coordinated effort with speed and accuracy during emergency response, without  requirements of being certified. There are 3 basic Cs you can follow through in an emergency situation.The three Cs are: Check, […]

RESPONSIVENESS TO EMERGENCY

Accident is what it is because it is unplanned and unwanted, however accident is one of the inevitable of life. The 29th of August 2019 witnessed a fatal accident involving a BRT bus and a Dangote Truck at Ikorodu, Ogolonto that led to loss of lives and severely wounded individuals. Health Emergency Initiative intervened with […]

HEI TO KEEP SAVING LIVES

HEI SAVING LIVES

Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) since its inception has been fully committed to providing succor to indigent patients by saving their lives and their beautiful dreams. One of the beneficiaries of HEI’s success story is Mr Gbagi Omotayo, a 55 years old man who was diagnosed with femoral fracture at Alimosho General Hospital, Igando. He had been […]

THE BLACK AND WHITE OF ROAD SAFETY: ZEBRA-CROSSING

  The first month of schools’ resumption is gradually rolling off and we steadily proceed further ‘ember’ months where road safety officials have been preaching the gospel of drive safely, obey traffic laws, don’t drink drive, don’t receive use your phones while driving etc. Really, if you are to do a self-appraisal of yourself, can […]

BRT And Dangote Truck Accident

BRT And Dangote Truck Accident Are you aware that no fewer than 59 passengers in a fully loaded bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme sustained varying degrees of injury on Tuesday when the vehicle collided with a Dangote cement truck on Ikorodu Road, Lagos State? 7 critically injured passengers were rushed to LASUTH […]