First Aid Training Saves Child’s Life  The medic training
program emphasizes practicing new skills. The medic training
program emphasizes practicing new skills. Medic Training Boosts
Access to Quality Care and Saves Lives One day, all the newly
trained medics in Kyrgyzstan will have a story like Damira’s – a
story of a life saved and a grateful mother’s thanks.  One-year-
old Aidana had been sick for some time. Aileta, her mother,
thought it was simply a cold. Then early one morning, the child
developed a high temperature. Aidana’s breathing appeared to
stop and she lost consciousness and became pale. Panicking,
Aileta called an ambulance. The closest children’s hospital was
15 minutes away.  When the ambulance arrived, a medic who
recently completed a USAID-funded training course in basic
emergency care, attended to the child with her mother at her
side. The medic, Damira, knew she had to do something to save
Aidana — and quickly. Holding the child on her lap, she swiftly
assessed the girl’s condition and saw