Beirut Arab University’s Life Support Center (BAULS) was awarded earlier this month the certification of the first Lebanese reference center of the American Heart Association (AHA) in the Middle East and North Africa, during the Annual MENA Summit held in Dubai.
The AHA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) celebrated the winners, successes, and accomplishments of several facilities during its annual summit. Beirut Arab University was announced as one of the Reference Centers for their support to the network throughout the MENA region.
Beirut Arab University announced the news in a statement on their website and their official social media platforms: “The BAULS Center (Beirut Arab University Life Support) was approved as the first Lebanese reference center for the American Heart Association in the Middle East and North Africa, during the annual conference held in Dubai on December 9.”
The statement indicated that the center will work in the next stage to provide the following advanced services:
1. Creation and rehabilitation of centers.
2. Supervising the quality of training.
3. Increase specialized training courses to enable trainers, supervisors, and coordinators.
Worth mentioning that the BAULS was accreditated in 2017 by the American Heart Association for its highest international standards in training programs for health and medical personnel and that according to the AHA union’s medical and legal procedures and Lebanese hospitals.
Since then, the BAULS’ center is considered to conform to the highest international standards for training programs for health personnel, such as doctors and nurses, in accordance with medical and legal procedures required by their unions.
Beirut Arab University stated that that accreditation made it possible to expand the work of the center and conduct courses through accredited trainers under the supervision of regional specialists. It has allowed them to maintain the highest levels of quality in five training sites spread across Lebanon, namely:
• Haykel Hospital, Tripoli
• Al-Youssef Hospital Center, Akkar
• Makassed University
• Continuing Medical Training Center, Bekaa
• BAULS at BAU Tripoli Campus
The BAULS’ center is always advancing and now aims at educating and training students and all those who wish on the following life support courses:
- Heart saver First Aid
- Basic Life Support Provider Course
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course
- Neonatal Resuscitation
Beirut Arab University is a Lebanese private university located in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded by the Lebanese El-Bir and Ihsan Society in 1960. It has four main campuses: Debbieh, Tripoli, Bekaa, and the main one in Beirut.
The university is ranked among the top universities in the Arab Region by 2015/16 QS World University Rankings.
It is a member of many prestigious worldwide associations as well as accredited internationally by different foundations. Among them, the International Institutional Accreditation from the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).
According to its website, BAU has been committed, since its establishment, “to offer outstanding educational programs and to provide an embracing environment for academic creativity and development of leadership skills, instilling the concept of social responsibility, while respecting diversity and multicultural understanding.”
