School Children Save Lives

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Sudden cardiac death is one of the most common causes of preventable death in the industrialized world. In countries with organizedemergency health services, it is possible to increase the rate of resuscitation performed by the public and save more lives. Increasing therate of correct intervention by those witnessing sudden cardiac death requires an increase in the number of adults with training in CPR insociety. Resuscitation training should begin in the school years to reach the whole of society within time. As school children with trainingin CPR increase, the proportion of individuals in society with training and the desire to help others increases, which causes a generalincrease in resuscitation rates. To teach children “Basic Life Support” the training models should be applied in theory, with training kits,and accompanied by educators, with a variety of figures based on video or computer based training. One of the most important steps inincreasing the resuscitation rates performed by the public globally and enhancing survival is through training school children.