Thursday, December 2, 2010

Magen David Adom trains IDF Doctors in new ACLS protocols

This week a series of courses for doctors in the IDF started in Magen David Adom.  Within the framework of the course doctors will take refreshment courses in the field of CPR and will learn the new protocols of the American Heart Association for carrying out CPR.  This group of doctors join other groups of doctors who come from the hospitals and health funds and take a similar training in Magen David Adom.

The series of courses came about as a result of the fruitful cooperation between the Magen David Adom Director General, Eli Bin, and the Chief Medical Officer of the IDF.  According to the plan, about 100 doctors are expected to undergo the training in four MDA stations all over the country.

The training includes frontal lectures and exercises in life saving situations and was made possible thanks to a donation from the French Friends of Magen David Adom in memory of the late Mr. Elias Yifrach.

Dr. Lazar Kaplan, President of the French  Friends of Magen David Adom points out that the connection between the front line and the home front has been getting closer in the last few years and that the cooperation between Magen David Adom and the Israel Defence Forces is very important.  And thanks to the late Mr. Elias Yifrach the series of refresher courses for doctors in the IDF in Magen David Adom is now under way.

David, a regiment doctor tells that within the framework of the intensive activities in which he finds himself, a course like this is very important as it gives him time to practice and go over the material as well as learning all the latest updates in the professional material.

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