Health cardiopulmonary reaction teaching for the lay: Report of extracurricular activities in training in schools

Objective: Teach high school adolescents to identify a Cardiorespiratory Stop and how to take basic life support. Method: Report of an extension activity called "Realistic Simulation in Emergency and Emergency", in the period from April 5 to June 29, 2018, with high school students from public and private schools in the metropolitan region of Belem, Para. Results: In total, five educational interventions were performed through a realistic simulation of the basic life support maneuvers for 500 students from the 1st to 3rd year of high school. Students were taught to perform resuscitation maneuvers according to the assumptions of the science of resuscitation proposed for basic life support by the American Heart Association, Guideline 2015. Participants expressed satisfaction with the methodology used by demonstrating the technique through simulator mannequin made with recycled PET bottles. Conclusion: We conclude that there was interest on the part of the students, and such an interest is attributed to the active methodology used, and that more activities like this should be encouraged in the various contexts of society, since it is believed that it is an educational action with potential to save lives and reduce mortality and preventable sequelae in cardiac arrest.