The Faculty of Medicine at the Syrian Private University in cooperation with the General Establishment of Damascus Hospital and the Syrian Resuscitation Council organized a training course on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and immediate life support (ILS) by adults on Tuesday and Wednesday 3-4/4/2017 in

In Damascus Hospital in the presence of The director general of the General Establishment of Damascus Hospital Dr. Mohamad Haitham Al Husaini, the dean of the faculty of medicine at the Syrian Private University Prof. Dr. Nizar Al Daher, the president of the Syrian Resuscitation Council DrTawfikHasaba, the director of the training course and deputy director of Damascus countryside Health Department Dr. Iyad Al Taijun, the faculty of medicine vice deans Prof. Dr. Kamal Al Hamasneh and Prof. Dr. Hisham Hamami.

 The course included basic practical-supportivetheoretical lectures with intensive practical sessions and clinical cases very similar to reality to offer the students skills, performance and excellent experience on the way of diagnosing and dealing with emergency and critical cases, heart and breathing stop according the most recent recommendations. 

The course aimed to support students with skills, performance and excellent experience on the way of diagnosing and dealing with emergency and critical cases, and how to treat the patient of heart and breathing stop according to pulmonary resuscitation algorithmus by adults until the resuscitation team arrives. It aims too qualify cadres able to diagnose critical-cases patient to prevent heart and breathing stop and how to deal with and treat according to the most recent algorithmus and recommendations if such cases happens. It is worth to mention that the training adopted and applied in this course is the European process delivered by trainers from Syrian Resuscitation Council licensed by European Resuscitation Council. At the end of the training. A test was done , and attendance certificates from the Syrian Resuscitation Council were distributed to all trained students.

The university directorate thanks all who contributed in the success of  this training course (Damascus Hospital directorate, the deanship of the faculty of medicine, the  misters of the directorate and members of the Syrian Resuscitation Council for their efforts during the course ). It thanks too Dr.FadiAlAbdeh and Bahjat Akroush and wishes its students all success and good luck.