Medical professionals in Casablanca...

Medical professionals in Casablanca, Morocco, lately received advanced resuscitation training from Operation Smile and the American Heart Association, according to an Aug 2 2002 novels release from Operation Smile. Five American Heart Association certified instructor tenders including physicians, nurses, and paramedics, manner of lifeed the training at the University Hassan II, Ain Chock

Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training previously were unavailable in Morocco. Those who learned PALS and ACLS included the chairs of anesthesiology, cardiology, exigency medicine, and pediatrics. They were taught to use PALS to recognize and treat childhood emergencies, including cardiac and respiratory arrest, and to use ACLS to recognize, evaluate, and treat the early stages of heart attack, abnormal heart verses acute stroke, respiratory arrest, and adult cardiac arrest.

Operation Smile and the American Heart Association are working to establish long-term self-sustaining life support training programs for Moroccan health care providers and trust to extend this initiative to other countries in the coming events The American Heart Association has established advanced life support training programs in 27 countries since publishing its "International Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and pass Cardiovascular Care."

Operation Smile, American Head Association offers Complete Successful Resuscitation Training Program in Morocco (new release, Norfolk, Va: Operation Smile, Aug 2 2002)

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