AboutUs

Introduction

CMC Resuscitation Training Centre (CMCRTC) is dedicated to improving the outcome of both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by providing quality education and training in first aid and resuscitation to both health care providers and lay people.

Background

The Resuscitation Training Centre (RTC) of Caritas Medical Centre was set up in 1996 by a group of doctors and nurses interested in improving the standards of resuscitation. The Centre was made possible with the enthusiastic support of our Ex-HCE, Dr. Helen Tinsley and a grant from Caritas Hong Kong.

Currently, CMCRTC receives great support from hospital senior management, HCE Dr. Doris Tse, CMCRTC Director/COS AED Dept, Dr. Vincent Ho and CMCRTC Advisor, GM(N) Mr. Andrew Yeung.

CMC's Resuscitation Training Centre was set up in response to a perceived need - to upgrade and standardize our staff's knowledge and skills in this area. Many people have worked long and hard to achieve this goal. Our professional trainers are recruited from our CMC staff and other hospitals and organizations in Hong Kong. Their enthusiasm and commitment are highly appreciated. Our service has now expanded to include trainees drawn from both public and private sectors with a range of courses offered, hoping to improve and standardize their skills in resuscitation. After meeting our running costs, resources are channeled back into developing our service further. Through planned activities within our local community, we also hope to raise awareness and skills amongst the general public, in particular school children.

In 1997, BLS instructors were trained and accredited by the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC), Canada. Within two years, almost all of CMC's 600 nursing staff were certified in BLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) and regular annual re-certification programme was in place. BLS training was also provided for nursing staff of other HA and private hospitals as well as our own engineering staff and radiographers.

In 2000, CMCRTC hosted a series of training courses organized by Emergency Care Training (HK), the American Heart Association Hong Kong International Training Organization (ITO). In October 2001, Emergency Care Training (HK) on behalf of AHA signed an agreement with CMCRTC, authorizing the centre as a Training Center (TC). CMCRTC became the first Training Center of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Hong Kong.

Mission

From 2001 to 2015, CMCRTC had trained nearly thirty thousand BLS providers, over seven thousand ACLS provider and five hundred PALS providers.

Currently, CMCRTC has over 400 instructors, coming from various professions. Their unfailing support and dedication to the center is absolutely precious and irreplaceable.

There are five training sites affiliated to CMCRTC. They are Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (OLMH), Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH), North Lantau Hospital (NLTH) and Yan Chai Hospital (YCH).

Besides the professional staff training, CMCRTC had a vision to promote CPR in the community. Child CPR program is one of the project that provide first aid and CPR workshop for the primary school students, in order to underscore the importance of acting and helping in an emergency since childhood.

Vision

To become the centre of excellence in the provision of training in First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Medical Simulation.

明愛醫院急救培訓中心 (CMCRTC)

明愛醫院急救培訓中心成立於1996年。開始時，是由本院一班有意致力於急救培訓的醫生及護士成立，目標為本院醫護人員提供急救培訓。及後，中心於2001年成為美國心臟協會的培訓中心，授權予本中心頒發美國心臟協會的証書予合格的學員。經過十多年來的發展，我們累積了良好的信譽，培訓課程質素亦備受很高的評價。明愛醫院急救培訓中心的宗旨是我們堅信，最有效的急救是盡快得到受過急救訓練人員進行即時的心肺復甦術。

接受培訓的學員主要來自不同的醫院和機構，當中亦有來自世界各地的學員。中國內地的醫護人員更是對中心的課程甚為愛戴。從2001年至現在，我們共訓練了約二萬五千多名的基本救命術（基本生命支持術）（BLS）﹔七千多名高級心血管生命支持術（ACLS）及五百多名孩童高級救命術（PALS）的學員。

來自『五湖四海』四百名優秀的導師令中心更專業、更多元化﹔結合了學術交流及模擬培訓的強大導師陣容。他們對中心的貢獻及投入更是無容致疑。

明愛醫院急救培訓中心亦有多個培訓點，成為中心培訓點的醫院，可以為院內員工提供課程及獲發由明愛醫院急救培訓中心所頒發的美國心臟協會課程証書﹔現在我們共有五個培訓點，分別為瑪嘉烈醫院、聖母醫院、廣華醫院、北大嶼山醫院及仁濟醫院。

隨着時光流逝，急救培訓中心交替着年輕的新血與活力，一直為維護致力推廣急救培訓的目標，勇往直前。“一直做、繼續做、不停做及如有需要留堂做”是急救培訓中心同事及導師於培訓工作上的笑言，亦反映着當中對培訓質素的堅持及追求。中心於各地及國內均獲嘉許及奬項，從2001年醫院管理局頒發的傑出員工及團隊獎到於2014年獲得美國心臟協會頒發的銀獎，中心培訓理念獲得廣泛的認同及支持。展望將來，中心會繼續為急救培訓作出貢獻，希望學習有成的學員惠澤社羣。