The Heart Center at the Arab American University, affiliated with the American Heart Association, and in cooperation with the Deanship of Student Affairs, Ramallah campus, organized a voluntary training course titled "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Basic Life Support and First Aid".

The training course targeted a group of university students from medical and non-medical specializations, in which a number of Heart Center staff participated to present basic skills for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid.

This initiative comes within the framework of the University's and the Heart Center's efforts to spread the culture of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, especially in light of the difficult security conditions witnessed by the various governorates of the country.