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10 Tips for Effective Bystander CPR Training 

Incorporate these ten tips to help ensure that every student leaves your classroom confident and prepared to act during a sudden cardiac arrest.

 

Helping you build prepared lifesavers in your community

References

  1. CPR Facts & Stats. (n.d.) American Heart Association. Retrieved from https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/cpr-facts-and-stats
  2. Dainty, K. N., Colquitt, B., Bhanji, F., Hunt, E. A., Jefkins, T., Leary, M., Ornato, J. P., Swor, R. A., & Panchal, A. (2022). Understanding the importance of the lay responder experience in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 145(17). https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000001054
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Highlights from the Resuscitation Education Science Scientific Statement. (2018). American Heart Association. Retrieved from https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/CPR-Files/Resus-Science/Ed-Statement/Education-Statement-Highlights/2018-Education-Statement-Highlights-English-UCM-501720.pdf
  7. Smart, J., Kranz, K., Carmona, F., Lindner, T., & Newton, A. (2015). Does real-time objective feedback and competition improve performance and quality in manikin CPR training – a prospective observational study from several European EMS. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-015-0160-9
  8. Meaney, P. A., Bobrow, B. J., Mancini, M. E., Christenson, J., de Caen, A. R., Bhanji, F., Abella, B. S., Kleinman, M. E., Edelson, D. P., Berg, R. A., Aufderheide, T. P., Menon, V., & Leary, M. (2013). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality: Improving cardiac resuscitation outcomes both inside and outside the hospital. Circulation, 128(4), 417–435. https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0b013e31829d8654 

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