BACKGROUND: Those trained in CPR have a mean age of 30, but those most likely to witness out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a mean age of 65.
OBJECTIVE: can high school students be trained to be ambassadors to train older adults how to effectively perform CPR?
RESULTS: Each high school student ambassador trained an additional 3 people, of which 40% were aged 50 or older. Training by the high school ambassadors was effective in teaching proper CPR technique.
CONCLUSIONS: People trained at home with a manikin-DVD set and high school students as facilitators were able to perform CPR properly.
Resuscitation. 2010 Jan;81(1):78-81
OBJECTIVE: can high school students be trained to be ambassadors to train older adults how to effectively perform CPR?
RESULTS: Each high school student ambassador trained an additional 3 people, of which 40% were aged 50 or older. Training by the high school ambassadors was effective in teaching proper CPR technique.
CONCLUSIONS: People trained at home with a manikin-DVD set and high school students as facilitators were able to perform CPR properly.
Resuscitation. 2010 Jan;81(1):78-81
