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Kids Save Lives – ERC position statement on school children education in CPR.

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 105; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.06.005

1873-1570

Bernd W. Böttiger, Leo Bossaert, Maaret Castrén, Diana Cimpoeșu, Μάριος Γεωργίου, Robert Greif, M. Grünfeld, Andrew Lockey, Carsten Lott, Ian Maconochie, R. Melieste, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Jerry P. Nolan, Gavin D. Perkins, Violetta Raffay, Joachim Schlieber, Federico Semeraro, Jasmeet Soar, Anatolij Truhlář, Patrick Van de Voorde, Jonathan Wyllie, Sabine Wingen,

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the third leading cause of death in industrialised nations. 1 Taniguchi D. Baernstein A. Nichol G. Cardiac arrest: a public health perspective. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2012; 30: 1-12 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (57) Google Scholar After OHCA, the overall survival rates are 2–10%. 2 Böttiger B.W. Grabner C. Bauer H. et al. Long term outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with physician staffed emergency medical services: the Utstein style applied to a midsized urban/suburban area. Heart. 1999; 82: 674-679 Crossref PubMed Scopus (210) Google Scholar , 3 Monsieurs K.G. Nolan J.P. Bossaert L.L. et al. ERC Guidelines 2015 Writing GroupEuropean Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 1. Executive summary. Resuscitation. 2015; 95: 1-80 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (641) Google Scholar , 4 Nolan J.P. Hazinski M.F. Aickin R. et al. Part 1: Executive summary: 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. Resuscitation. 2015; 95: e1-e31 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (147) Google Scholar In Europe and in the US together, 700,000 people die of OHCA every year. The same applies to other industrialised regions of the world. Many of these lives could be saved if more lay people provided immediate CPR. 2 Böttiger B.W. Grabner C. Bauer H. et al. Long term outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with physician staffed emergency medical services: the Utstein style applied to a midsized urban/suburban area. Heart. 1999; 82: 674-679 Crossref PubMed Scopus (210) Google Scholar Emergency medical services (EMS) response times can be several (6–12) minutes or even longer. Unfortunately, following cardiac arrest, the brain starts to die after only 3–5 min without blood flow. 5 Breckwoldt J. Schloesser S. Arntz H.R. Perceptions of collapse and assessment of cardiac arrest by bystanders of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). Resuscitation. 2009; 80: 1108-1113 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (88) Google Scholar