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FEM: Revista de la Fundación Educación Médica
On-line version ISSN 2014-9840Print version ISSN 2014-9832
Abstract
LOPEZ-HERCE, Jesús et al. Training in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the medicine and nursing degrees in Spanish universities. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.5, pp.225-228. Epub Dec 19, 2022. ISSN 2014-9840. https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.255.1228.
Aims.
To analyse the education in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the universities in Spain.
Material and methods.
A survey was sent to those responsible for Pediatrics at the Spanish universities.
Results.
35 responses from Medicine and 18 from Nursing were received). There was a great diversity in CPR teaching and duration. In many cases, the duration of the training is insufficient.
Conclusions.
It is necessary to establish mandatory training requirements in pediatric CPR for Medicine and Nursing degrees.
Keywords : Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation competencies; Education in resuscitation; Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Resuscitation courses.