In a ceremony organized by the Scientific Society of Arab Nursing Faculties/ Association of Arab Universities
In a ceremony in Alexandria- Egypt, organized by the General Secretariat of the Scientific Society of Arab Nursing Faculties/ affiliated to the Association of Arab Universities, the Faculty of Nursing at AAUP – Palestine, has won the Distinguish Institution Award for the year 2019 superior to 115 other nursing faculties registered in the association.
Dr. Mohammad Asia- the Assistant to the President of Medical Schools and Dr. Imad Abu Khader- the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing have received the award in the ceremony that was attended by Arab universities representatives and the head and members of the Association of Arab Universities.
The Heart Center at the University, which is recognized by the American Heart Association, organized a training course in CPR for Palestinian police officers.
The Training was presented by Ahmad Hadrab and official trainer from American Heart Association at the University Heart Center. This training comes as a part of a joint cooperation agreement between the university and the police authority, main topics of the training are basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, how to deal with electric shock devices, and suffocation treatments.
The course targets security and police services for its importance in enhancing the participant’s skills regarding CPR emergency issues during their daily duty for the sack of protecting citizens in crisis.
American Heart Association, approves to renew the license of AAUP Heart Center for three years till 2022, this renewal came after passing all exams and monitoring of trainer by special committees of the General Administration of American Heart Association's in the Middle East.
The Dean of Faculty of Nursing Dr. Imad Abu Khader said that renewing the license and expanding its period work means providing the centers with the needed license for organizing specialized trainings for students, local community, and medical and health sector for another three years.
He explained that AAUP Heart Center that was established in 2016 works with a strategic plan for the next three years, mainly in organizing trainings that target all civilian and military institutions to qualify specialists with basic CPR skills and expanding this practice in the local community.