SECUNDERABAD: Share: India, a not for profit society, which supports continuing medical education & research had organized a certified American Heart Association, ACLS-Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Workshop in association with Resurrection Healthcare Training Center, Chicago, USA at its project office ICCHA (International Center Human Health Advancement at Padmarao Nagar, Secunderabad on February 23 and 24.
This course is a training module for doctors, nurses and EMTs and other health care workers in the field of emergency medicine. This two-day intensive program with training sessions incorporating the latest guidelines by the AHA was attended by 37 participants.
The course provided participants with the knowledge and skills identified by the AHA to participate in an actual resuscitation of an adult in Cardiac or Respiratory distress.
The participants included physicians and critical and emergency care nurses. The hands-on workshop utilizing the state of the art equipment lasted for two days. The successful participants were provided with AHA-ACLS Provider Certificates valid for two years.
Prof. PS Reddy, chairman of Share and Cardiologist from University of Pittsburgh, formally inaugurated the workshop which was well attended by doctors and other health care providers from all over the State.
Course Director, Dr Vemuri S. Murthy, Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Resurrection Medical Center, Oak Park, Illinois, USA and his team of AHA certified ACLS instructors and the local co-coordinator, Dr M. Dinaker, Director of Internal Medicine, MediCiti Hospitals, Hyderabad, were team members of the workshop.
Dr Vemuri Murthy, a past President of AMA, IL and a team of physicians in USA and Andhra Pradesh, India are currently working on the details of a pilot project in Andhra Pradesh to formally recommend Emergency Medical Services Continuing Medical Education Program throughout the State.
This will follow the guidelines of the American Heart Association's Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Courses. The project aims to train the health care personnel in A.P. to appropriately respond to life threatening medical emergencies.
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