CPR is a skill that all students should learn prior to graduating high school; in fact many states mandate this. Here are a few ideas to bring the learning CPR to life and hopefully increase the confidence and competence of students when it comes to performing CPR:
1) Create a station review:
Station ideas:
● AED Selfie Station: Locate the AED’s in your school building and take a selfie with them (if school devices are permitted to be used in classes)
● Walk & talk: In a small group, write down all of the reasons you might stop performing CPR. Provide a small whiteboard/ board marker for the group to use. Reasons might include: 1) Person show signs of life 2) AED becomes available 3) Another trained responder arrives and takes over 4) The scene becomes unsafe 5) EMS arrive 6) You are too exhausted to continue
● Plank and sort: Print out the steps to perform CPR and cut them into strips. Each group holds a plank position (or similar activity) while sorting the steps into the correct order. Steps could include: Checking the scene, checking the victim for consciousness, calling 911, rolling the person over, checking for signs of life, performing chest compressions, using an AED
● Rhythm check: Each person has a mannequin or item to represent a victim. Using a timer, they perform chest compressions for a minute, counting the number of compressions they complete. When the minute is up, they can compare the number of compressions they performed to the CPR target rate of 100-120 compressions per minute
● Compression rate workout: Provide a series of body weight exercises for students to choose from. Students complete 120 reps of different body weight exercises to help them remember the compression rate for chest compressions. Exercise ideas: jumping jacks, sit ups or crunches, dynamic stretches, skaters, push ups, plank jacks, high knees, side skips etc.
● Quiz time: Create a bank of CPR related questions. Groups have 2 minutes to answer as many questions as they can
● Rolling an unconscious casualty station: Each person takes it in turn to practice rolling an unconscious casualty using the checklist provided
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