Introduction

Established in 2004, the Life Support Training Center is under the auspices of Academic and Training Affairs at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital –Jeddah. The center provides a variety of both basic and advanced courses for different levels of healthcare service providers. Life Support (CPR) Training Center -LSTC, DR. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital is the state of Art CPR Center in the Kingdom accredited with all major Resuscitation courses. All courses are following an International acknowledged curriculum and are in liaison with Saudi Heart Association, Saudi NRP, Saudi ATLS Chapter, and Emergency Cardiovascular Care CPR Guidelines

Vision

• To be a center of excellence in Resuscitative Education and Skills Training for Health Care Providers & allies in the region, and provide an academic training platform in CPR /First Aid to Community & to organizations inside and outside the healthcare industry.
• To be an essential part of patient care both academically and practically, and align with DSFH's vision of providing healthcare services of unparalleled quality.

Mission

• To provide the necessary & latest guidelines for education/training to healthcare professionals in basic, advanced & trauma life support resuscitation skills to raise the standards of emergency care. LSTC also tailors to the community by providing the following programs for lay rescuers:

Programs

• Heart Saver.
• First Aid.
• CPR for family and friends.
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
• ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support )
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)
• ACLS Health Specialist

Life Support CPR training Center’s methodology involves

• Knowledge acquisition.
• Skills demonstration.
• Skills integration.
• Simulation.
• Debriefing.
• Courses are offered on weekends and off business hours as and when required by the end user/course participants