Training children in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide

Perhaps more than 100 000 deaths per year could be prevented if members of the public, beginning with school children, were educated about how to do CPR. 4,5 In countries where educating school children in CPR is mandatory, lay resuscitation is done in 60-75% of cases, and survival after out-of-hosp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2015-06, Vol.385 (9985), p.2353-2353
Hauptverfasser:	Böttiger, Bernd W, Van Aken, Hugo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - education Child Children & youth CPR Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control Emergency services Health education Heart attacks Humans Internal Medicine Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy Schools World Health Organization
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Zusammenfassung:	Perhaps more than 100 000 deaths per year could be prevented if members of the public, beginning with school children, were educated about how to do CPR. 4,5 In countries where educating school children in CPR is mandatory, lay resuscitation is done in 60-75% of cases, and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be tripled.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61099-6