Trackling a Life-Threatening Emergency Together
This program is based on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) program, the leading international first aid certification course. Three training sessions have already been scheduled for the first semester of 2023, to be attended by approximately 60 employees. The two-day simulation-based sessions enable participants to practice on a web-enabled manikin in order to acquire essential resuscitation skills.
In addition, as part of its international development and ongoing skill-sharing initiatives, the American Hospital of Paris has organized ACLS training sessions since 2022 for doctors from West Africa. Last year, more than 20 doctors from seven different countries received training free of charge. In 2023, new sessions are to take place in Benin, Senegal and Chad benefitting some 50 emergency physicians from Africa.
Support This Ambitious Training Project and Help Us Save Thousands of Lives Every Year
To roll out this ambitious project, the Hospital must urgently upgrade its two existing manikins and invest in a new latest-generation manikin. Doing so requires a budget of €45,000.
Amount already collected €10,000
Amount still needed €35,000
The American Hospital of Paris thanks Fondation Gabrielle for supporting this vital project.
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“Although allied health professionals in France receive proper training in school, hospitals are not required to update their skills later. The American Hospital of Paris aims to set an example in the area of continuing education and plans to give all of its allied health professionals the opportunity to take this certification course, in order to optimize the delivery of care in the first ten minutes following a cardiorespiratory arrest. The Hospital must act in the face of this is major public health issue.”
Dr. David N’Guyen, Coordinating Doctor at the Department of Medical Affairs, American Hospital of Paris
