Awareness and training workshop on CPR and first aid for emergency cases
Under the patronage of His Excellency Professor Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mawla – University President, Professor Dr. Yasmin El-Kahky – Dean of the Faculty of Specific Education, and Professor Dr. Doaa Abdel Mohsen – Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs. In a fruitful collaboration between the Faculties of Specific Education and Nursing at Assiut University, an awareness and training workshop was held on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid for emergency cases. The workshop was led by Dr. Mahmoud Fathy and Dr. Mohamed Hefny, both certified trainers from the American Heart Association. The workshop was attended by Professor Dr. Mohamed Abdel Baset Darwish – Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, heads of academic departments, faculty members and their assistants, Ahmed Farag – College Secretary, Ghada Wahid – Director of the Student Care Department, administrative specialists, staff, and students. The workshop covered the principles of CPR and its importance in saving lives, the symptoms of a stroke and how to provide first aid, as well as an overview of blood clots and their types, especially heart clots, their causes, symptoms, and proper ways to deal with them.
