[Basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation program for high school students (PROCES). Results from the pilot program].
OBJECTIVE
The PROCES (Programa de Reanimació Cardiopulmonar Orientat a Centres d'Ensenyament Secundari) program is aimed at teaching basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (b-CPR) to teenagers within high school. Our aim was to analyze the results obtained from the pilot program.


METHODS
PROCES was splitted in 7 sessions: 5 of them (5 hours) were taught by teachers at high school and 2 of them (4 hours, including how to perform b-CPR) were taught by emergency physicians. To assess the degree of students' learning, they were administered a 20-question test before and after the program. Epidemiological characteristics and students' opinions (all them were requested to rate the program from 0 to 10) were also collected.


RESULTS
Students were 14 years-old in 38%, 15 in 38% and 16 or more in 24%. Before PROCES, the mean mark (over 20 points) was 8.5 (2.4). After PROCES, marks improved up to 13.5 (3.2) (p < 0.001). Participants who had previously taken a first-aid course or were in the 4th course obtained significantly better marks than the rest. These differences disappeared after PROCES completion. Students rated the theoretical part as 7.9 (1.1), the skill part as 8.2 (1.2), and the emergency physicians classes as 8.4 (1.1).


CONCLUSIONS
PROCES is an useful tool for teaching and improving teenagers' knowledge and skills in b-CPR, with no exceptions associated with teenagers' characteristics.
Miró
Oscar
O
Unidad de Urgencias Medicina, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. omiro@clinic.ub.es
Jiménez-Fábrega
Xavier
X
Díaz
Núria
N
Coll-Vinent
Blanca
B
Bragulat
Ernest
E
Jiménez
Sònia
S
Espinosa
Gerard
G
Hernández-Rodríguez
José
J
García-Alfranca
Fernando
F
Alvarez
M Teresa
MT
Salvador
Jordi
J
Millá
José
J
Sánchez
Miquel
M
D000293:Adolescent; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires