The Minister of Health Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Mane will launch at 9:00am, Monday 01/01/1430, at the MOH Public Hall the campaign of binding health practitioners to attend courses on the ways of preserving basic life, said Dr. Abdul Majeed Khan, head of the MOH Central Committee for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CCCR).
He said cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a vital training necessity for health workers, especially emergency and intensive care workers. "MOH has established recently a number of training centers in the different parts of the Kingdom", he said. "We have developed a number of specialized training programs for physicians, nurses, and administration staff for upgrading health services", he added.
He said CCCR has raised the number of cardiopulmonary resuscitation centers in the different parts of Kingdom from 6 to 27. "They provide specialized training courses in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to technicians, physicians and community sectors", he said "Medical and other university students, high school students, and students of health institutes and colleges are also included".
According to Dr. Khan, CCCR is assigned to carry out a number of tasks including establishment of cardiopulmonary resuscitation centers at some major MOH hospitals, coordination with relative MOH and other bodies for providing trainers in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and reactivation of current centers. He said the Sacred Capital cardiopulmonary resuscitation center has been selected to be a reference center for other MOH cardiopulmonary resuscitation centers.
The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties has approved binding health practitioners to attend courses on the ways of preserving basic life starting from 01/01/1430.