AMMAN —
The Ministry of Health’s Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Center received
accreditation from the
American Heart Association (AHA), allowing ministry
staff to be trained on advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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During a ceremony
attended by Spanish Ambassador Miguel de Lucas and acting deputy mission
director USAID Emily Krunic, Health Minister Firas Al-Hawari said AHA’s
accreditation of the CPR center is a major step in the ministry’s commitment to
improving the skills of healthcare practitioners in Jordan.
He said that the
establishment of the CPR center had significantly improved training by
providing more than 8,000 health professionals with access to 550 basic and
advanced life support courses.
The Life Support
Programs Training Center is an initiative of the Jordanian Ministry of Health,
with facilities in Amman, Irbid and
Karak, according to a press statement.
It said the
facilities have been renovated and equipped with funding from the Spanish
government and USAID.
The center offers
basic and advanced life support training, and is certified by the AHA to offer
the advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) provider course, a critical
care training and certification program designed to immediately save the lives
of people who suffer medical emergencies, according to the statement.
The center is
supervised by the Medical Education and Training Directorate at the Ministry of
Health.
With support from
USAID, and the Spanish Cooperation, the center now has seven AHA ACLS-certified
instructors, who have trained 152 Ministry of Health professionals on advanced
life-saving procedures.
The target is to
provide high-quality training to all 25,000 medical staff working at a hospital
in Jordan.
Hawari, the
minister of health, said: “We are constantly working to advance healthcare
services provided to citizens through continuous education, especially in
emergency and ICU wards.”
“The COVID-19
health crisis has unveiled major needs for the sector,” he said. “We are
continuously improving to ensure that the Ministry of Health responds to these
needs while building our capacity to provide expert services to citizens.”
Hawari said the
certification is a significant stride in the ministry’s commitment to
continuously improving Jordan’s healthcare practitioner’s skills.
The Life Support
Programs Training Center was established in 2021, with support from USAID, as
part of the US long-time assistance to the healthcare sector in Jordan.
The USAID-funded
Local Health Sustainability Project has provided the center with special ACLS
and basic life support training tools, mannequins, and training materials.
The project has
also trained hundreds of healthcare professionals on basic life support
skills.
Krunic, the
USAID deputy mission director, said that “building the capacity of health workers in
Jordan is fundamental to advancing health services and protecting lives across
the Kingdom”.
“USAID and Jordan
share a longstanding partnership to strengthen the country’s health system, and
enhance the quality of healthcare services,” Krunic pointed out.
The training
center has also received significant support through a government-to-government
grant from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation to the
Ministry of Health, to provide the needed equipment, and improve the physical
conditions of the Life Support Programs Training Center in Amman and Irbid. De
Lucas, the Spanish ambassador to Jordan, said: “Spain, as a close and committed
partner to Jordan, firmly believes that working together with the Government of
Jordan is the best way forward to progress on Sustainable Development Goals by
strengthening public services for all”.
“Spain is supporting the
improvement of the health of Jordanians and refugees by strengthening Jordan’s
public health system through government-to-government financial support to the
Ministry of Health, strengthening its capacities and promoting de-concentration
in the management and delivery of basic health care in order to achieve
universal health coverage,” the envoy noted.
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