KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL: A successful pilot program to implement CPR at primary and high schools in Brazil resulting in a state law for a training CPR week

Abstract

Brazil is the biggest country in South America, with more than 207 million of inhabitants. From them, 15% of the population is in primary and high schools. The worldwide KIDS SAVE LIVES campaign 1-3 was first implemented in Brazil as KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL by a group of associate professors, researchers and graduate students from multidisciplinary areas of University of São Paulo. KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL program sought to train school community as all citizens can save a life 4 to know, to identify and to

The lack of knowledge on acute stroke in Brazil: A cross-sectional study with children, adolescents, and adults from public schools

“…The authors compare several related studies in Table 4 for a brief review 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 . Schoolchildren and adolescents are an interesting target population for health education [ 4 , 6 , 11 , 19 , 20 ]. They can take leading roles, shaping their choices and attitudes toward a healthy lifestyle.…”

“…They can take leading roles, shaping their choices and attitudes toward a healthy lifestyle. They can also cooperate, sharing knowledge of stroke with parents, friends, and neighbors to prevent future risk factors and improve health outcomes [ 6 , 19 , 20 ]. In the present study, the majority of the students, particularly the undergraduates, knew that the brain is the part of the body affected by a stroke, similar to other investigations conducted worldwide ( Table 4 ) [ 8 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 23 ].…”

“…Stroke WSSs have been included in awareness campaigns and educational materials using the acronym FAST [ 6 , 10 ], an easy, practical, and straightforward learning strategy to recall facial droop, arm weakness, slurred speech, and time urgency. Unfortunately, a very low percentage (∼5%) of the general public is aware of stroke WSS in some countries [18] .…”

“…In 2019, more than 48,236 deaths were related to stroke in Brazil [5] . KIDS SAVE LIVES Brazil (KSLB) is a new program that teaches children, adolescents, and adults of the public school communities about basic concepts in the prevention, recognition, and first actions to take in cases of stroke, sudden cardiac arrest, and choking in babies, children, and adults [6] . By promoting health education for young people, the program has a significant effect, as it spreads knowledge from the school members to families and neighbors.…”

KIDS SAVE LIVES: ERC Position statement on schoolteachers’ education and qualification in resuscitation

“…1 Countries where CPR education of schoolchildren has been mandatory for decades show impressively higher bystander CPR rates, 2,10,11,13 and this concept is starting to spread all over Europe, in the United States and in the rest of the world. 19,20 The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) has committed to the promotion of CPR education for lay people in basic life support since 1992, culminating in the first European Restart a Heart Day on the 16th of October 2013 with the motto "Children Saving Lives". 21À23 CPR education in schoolchildren successfully increases their CPR knowledge and skills, and strengthens their self-confidence in helping OHCA patients.…”