A paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training project in Honduras.
OBJECTIVE
It is possible that the exportation of North American and European models has hindered the creation of a structured cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training programme in developing countries. The objective of this paper is to describe the design and present the results of a European paediatric and neonatal CPR training programme adapted to Honduras.


METHODS
A paediatric CPR training project was set up in Honduras with the instructional and scientific support of the Spanish Group for Paediatric and Neonatal CPR. The programme was divided into four phases: CPR training and preparation of instructors; training for instructors; supervised teaching; and independent teaching.


RESULTS
During the first phase, 24 Honduran doctors from paediatric intensive care, paediatric emergency and anaesthesiology departments attended the paediatric CPR course and 16 of them the course for preparation as instructors. The Honduran Paediatric and Neonatal CPR Group was formed. In the second phase, workshops were given by Honduran instructors and four of them attended a CPR course in Spain as trainee instructors. In the third phase, a CPR course was given in Honduras by the Honduran instructors, supervised by the Spanish team. In the final phase of independent teaching, eight courses were given, providing 177 students with training in CPR.


CONCLUSIONS
The training of independent paediatric CPR groups with the collaboration and scientific assessment of an expert group could be a suitable model on which to base paediatric CPR training in Latin American developing countries.
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. javierurbano@mixmail.com
Javier
J
Urbano
Martha M
MM
Matamoros
Jesús
J
López-Herce
Angel P
AP
Carrillo
Flora
F
Ordóñez
Ramón
R
Moral
Santiago
S
Mencía
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006721:Honduras; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education