AWARENESS LECTURE ON PREVENT AND MANAGE SPORTS ACCIDENTS HELD AT SLAVF

Military personnel are bound up with sports to improve their physical fitness as it is the keystone of combat readiness. Hence, it is of paramount importance of learning how to prevent and manage sports accidents. In view of enhancing the knowledge on the topic, on a guideline of Major General S U M N Manage WWV RWP RSP psc, the Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force organized a lecture on ‘Prevent and Manage Sports Accidents’ on 14 June 2023 at Multifunction Hall, Headquarters, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force to coincide with the training day lecture.

The lecture was designed to impart the knowledge on preventing sports injuries in order to groom productive and energetic sportsmen and sportswomen from the Army to triumph the sports world.

The lecture was delivered by Major W K P S Bandara Staff Officer 2 of Army Sports Medicine and Physiotherapist Wing and he covered the types of sports accidents, first aids and treatments for chronic and acute field injuries which can be occurred during sports activities.

The lecture was attended by a gathering of Senior Officers, Officers and Other Ranks under the supervision of Major General Thusitha Silva KSP, the Deputy Commandant, SLAVF.