TAXILA: The Faculty Development Committee at Dental College, HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences recently organised a two-day Basic Life Support (BLS) Workshop, mandatory for all faculty members.
Dr Zeeshan Baig, Assistant Professor, Frontier Medical & Dental College (FMDC), Abbottabad, led the hands-on training program on BLS. Dr Zeeshan Baig has been a certificated BLS trainer of Life Savers Foundation Pakistan, Islamabad.
A comprehensive lecture followed by a hands-on drill on dummies was carried out. Forty-four faculty members were trained in BLS and chocking management according to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for Adults, Children & Infants.
BLS has been one of the essential skills for which every health care worker should be trained. Dr Mudassir Saleem, Head of Faculty Development Committee, has been actively involved in the program and conducting workshops regularly and aims to continue to do so in the future.
At the end of the second day, Prof. Dr Irfan Shah, Principal, Dental College, HITEC-IMS, handed the certificate and shield to Dr Zeeshan Baig.
