title: "You can also save a life!": children's drawings as a non-verbal assessment of the impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
abstract: Drawings made by training children into cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the special education week called "School otherwise" can be used as non-verbal means of expression and communication to assess the impact of such training. We analyzed the questionnaires and drawings completed by 327 schoolchildren in different stages of education. After a brief overview of the basic life support (BLS) steps and after watching a video presenting the dynamic performance of the BLS sequence, subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire and make a drawing to express main CPR messages. Questionnaires were filled completely in 97.6 % and drawings were done in 90.2 % cases. Half of the subjects had already witnessed a kind of medical emergency and 96.94 % knew the correct "112" emergency phone number. The drawings were single images (83.81 %) and less cartoon strips (16.18 %). Main themes of the slogans were "Save a life!", "Help!", "Call 112!", "Do not be indifferent/insensible/apathic!" through the use of drawings interpretation, CPR trainers can use art as a way to build a better relation with schoolchildren, to connect to their thoughts and feelings and obtain the highest quality education.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinic, "St. Spiridon" County Emergency Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iaşi, B-dul Indepedenţei no. 1, 700111, Iaşi, Romania. antoniu.petris@yahoo.ro.
authors.forename: Antoniu Octavian
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Petriş
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinic, "Floreasca" Emergency Hospital, Bucureşti, Romania.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tatu-Chiţoiu
authors.affiliation: Discipline Emergency Medicine, "St. Spiridon" County Emergency Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cimpoeşu
authors.affiliation: County Emergency Hospital Teleorman, Alexandria, Romania.
authors.forename: Daniela Florentina
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Ionescu
authors.affiliation: County Emergency Hospital Baia Mare, University "Vasile Goldiş", Arad, Romania.
authors.forename: Călin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.affiliation: County Emergency Hospital Râmnicu-Sărat, Brăila, Romania.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oprea
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, "Transilvania" University Braşov, ICCO Clinics Braşov, Romania, Strada Universităţii 1, 500068, Braşov, Romania.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ţînţ
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001154:Art; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012383:Romania; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cardiac arrest; Children; Resuscitation; Teaching