CPR Guidance in Educational Institutions

Project information:

Official name of the project: Opetustoimen elvytysohjaus

Duration of the project: 1.6.2024 - 31.12.2025

Project coordinator: VUAS

Funding: Ministry of Education and Culture

Budget: 23 380 €

Contact person in VAMK:

Päivi Autio, Senior Lecturer (School of Health Care and Social Services)

tel. +358 207 663 308, paivi.autio@vamk.fi

RDI Platform: Smart Well-Being

Language: Finnish

Project description

The aim of the project is to improve the skills and readiness of primary and secondary school teachers to act in resuscitation situations and make emergency calls. Additionally, the goal is to teach these skills to students using simulation pedagogy. The training will be conducted both in-person and online, involving teachers from Laihia and Isokyrö,

Goals

  • Enhance teachers’ skills and readiness to act in resuscitation situations and make emergency calls in various emergency scenarios.
  • Develop teaching methods for students to learn resuscitation and emergency calling skills using simulation pedagogy.
  • Plan and implement age-appropriate simulation exercises on resuscitation situations and emergency calling.
  • Design and implement a comprehensive resuscitation and emergency calling training module for primary and secondary school students

Results

The training materials developed in the project will be available for use in primary and secondary education. The project’s results and training videos will be presented at the Educa fair in 2025. The results and experiences will also be shared in the Opettaja magazine, publications of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, and on social media channels. The impact of the training will be monitored through surveys of teachers and students.

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