Can children teach their parents cardiopulmonary resuscitation and does teaching influence the retention of their knowledge?

Łukasz Iskrzycki; Dorota Zyśko; Jakub J. Koch; Paweł GAwlowski; Lukasz Szarpak; Jacek Smereka

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.064

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Can children teach their parents cardiopulmonary resuscitation and does teaching influence the retention of their knowledge?☆

Łukasz Iskrzycki, MPH

Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

Dorota Zyśko, PhD, MD

Department Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

Jakub J. Koch, BSc

Non-public Higher School of Medicine in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Paweł GAwlowski, MPH

Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

Lukasz Szarpak, PhD, EMT-P, DPH

Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Jacek Smereka, PhD, MD

Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.064

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Schoolchildren are the group most frequently educated in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), whereas the witnesses of the real life cardiac arrest events are mainly older people [1,2]. A possible way to bridge this gap would be to make children spread their newly acquired knowledge at home, especially by describing what they have learnt, and by showing educational materials to their parents. Such activity could also help children to consolidate their knowledge [3,4,5].

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