Developing lifesaving skills in children: a simulation-based randomized controlled trial in schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Basic Life Support education for schoolchildren is crucial to increase bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation rates. This study assessed schoolchildren's cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skill retention six months after a single Basic Life Support training session delivered by medical students.

Methods

This was a simulation-based randomized controlled trial conducted in 2024 with students aged 11-16 from 6 schools in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. Intervention Group received a single theoretical-practical Basic Life Support training by medical students with a QCPR manikin. Control Group received no intervention. After six months, both groups underwent practical evaluation through a simulated cardiac-arrest scenario with manikin and completed a knowledge questi

SUBMITTER: Molinari PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12639452 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature