Gelisim News

Turkey Approved Training Center Coordinator of American Heart Association Dr. Erdem Yılmaz making statements about ‘Basic Life Support for Health Professionals' (Basic Life Support-BLS) training, said that the training would lead the development of skills and more patients to cling to life.

“SKILLS ARE DEVELOPING”

Dr. Erdem Yılmaz stating that there are many studies in the world and in the light of the scientific data obtained, serious changes have occurred in a short time, said: “The American Heart Foundation-approved BLS course, which we have prepared for health professionals to refresh their knowledge and skills at regular intervals, teaches CPR and OED for each age group and contributes to the development of skills with a person or team intervention scenarios”.

“SPECIAL TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS”

Saying that the training is only a course for health professionals, Yılmaz added: “Training last six hours and the number of ideal participants is limited to 24. At the end of the training, the participants who are successful in the exam to be conducted by the American Heart Foundation according to AHA standards are given two years of valid AHA Certificate and Istanbul Gelisim University Continuing Education Center Certificate of Attendance”.

Noting that upon successful completion of the training, will be able to define and explain the importance of high quality CPR and talk about all links of the chain to save lives, Yılmaz said: “They will be able to explain the importance of automatic external defibrillator (OED) in early use, to apply OED according to the rules. Apply high-quality CPR for children. Apply high-quality CPR for babies. Will be able to explain the importance of the team in resuscitation with multiple rescuers. Will be able to perform as an active team member during CPR. Able to apply the airway clearance technique for adult, child and baby in airway obstruction”.

Director of Istanbul Gelisim University Continuing Education Center Asst. Prof. Fatih Fuat Tuncer listed the contents of the training as follows:

“Adult artificial respiration, adult respiratory mask application, adult respiratory application with balloon-mask-valve device, adult cardiac massage application, adult automatic external defibrillator application, child artificial respiration application, child respiratory mask application with breathing mask, child balloon-mask - application of respiration with ventilator device, application of children's cardiac massage, application of child automatic external defibrillator, infant artificial respiration, infant breathing mask, respiratory application with infant balloon-mask-valve device, application of baby heart massage, baby automatic external defibrillator application, adult and child respiratory tract obstruction and Heimlich maneuver, respiratory blockage and practical application in infants, applications for a person and a team for all applications, team dynamics and intra-team communication”.