Shillong, February 23 (MExN): The Emergency Medicine Learning Centre of GVK EMRI in collaboration with Government of Nagaland and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) organized a 2-day Advance Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) on February 15-16 and one day Basic Life Support in Obstetrics (BLSO) on February 17 at the conference room of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima.
Twenty five doctors attended the ALSO training, while twenty eight nurses attended the BLSO training, a press release from Marketing and Media Relations, GVK EMRI in Shillong informed.
The faculty from AAFP included Dr. Sajjini Thomas, MD, Associate Director and Obstetric Coordinator, Resurrection Medical Centre, Chicago, USA; Dr. Padmasri Ayyagari, DGO, MRCOG, MBA, Consultant at Al Salam International Hospital, Kuwait; and Dr. Raja Narsing Rao, MD Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Fernandez Hospital, L.V. Prasad Hospital and GVK EMRI, Hyderabad.
The release said that Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) is an evidence-based multidisciplinary training program that prepares maternity health care providers to better manage obstetric emergencies. ALSO's evidence-based learning path bridges knowledge gaps and boosts skill sets using a team-based approach, hands-on training, and mnemonics to reduce errors and save lives, it added.
