MedSIN UK Medical Students International Network UK

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ABC for life Programme Michael Connolly /
Philip Toner Co-Founders ABC for life 26th
October 2006
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Aims

• To make students aware of the ABC for life
  programme to teach basic life support skills in
  schools

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Learning outcomes

• Be aware of the reasons why the ABC for life
  programme was developed
• Have knowledge of how this scheme is designed and
  implemented
• Be familiar with the requirements of a health
  education programme
• Be aware of the difficulties associated with
  implementing a community based health education
  initiative

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Medsin QUB

• Medical Students International Network
• Campaigns for global health issues on a local
  level
• Present in all 26 medical schools across the UK

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Training school kids how to perform CPR
Promoting awareness of the HIV/AIDs epidemic
Student-led sex education in schools
What do we do?
Providing clean water sanitation for the worlds
poorest people
Helping communities to improve eye health and
eliminate preventable blindness
Getting students on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow
register
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Why set up a CPR training scheme in NI?

• 6,000 heart attacks/ year
• 3,000 deaths / year
• 2,000 Cardiac arrests
• Less than 1 of population
• can give Basic Life Support
• 1,800 potential lives lost

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History of ABC for life

• Medsin Conference 2003
• 1st proposed January 2004
• 12 medical students
• Faculty proposal and coordinator
• Resuscitation Team RVH
• Standardisation classes CSEC

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History of ABC for life

• Pilot scheme October 2004
• All 911 primary schools in NI contacted in
  December 2004
• Over 430 enrolled
• Fund raising
• Designing syllabus, training manual, videos and
  resources for schools
• Training commenced Spring 2005

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Official launch

• QUB Canada Room 15th February 2005
• Guest list included
• British Red Cross
• Chest Heart and Stroke
• Vice Chancellor
• Education and library boards
• Belfast Telegraph
• QUB communication/media officers
• Resus teams
• Ballydown PS
• Medsin trainers

ABC for life
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Pyramid of teaching
Teacher
5 P7 Children
Teacher
5 P7 Children
Teacher
1 Med Student
5 P7 Children
5 P7 Children
Teacher
Teacher
5 P7 Children
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5 S words

• Safe Surroundings
• Send for Help
• Shake Shout

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ABC

• Airway
• Breathing
• Circulation

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Recovery position

• If unconscious but breathing and signs of a
  circulation place in recovery position.
• Raise your hand
• Now touch your face
• Bend leg and roll
• To keep you safe

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Training packs

• Manikin
• Training manual Website address
• CD ROM - video clips website access
• CD ROM - teaching aids documents
• Blazer cards aide memoir for pupils
• Sample certificate
• Sample flyer

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Project to date

• 911 primary schools in NI
• 430 enrolled to ABC for life
• 250 schools trained across 5 education boards
• Over 200 manikins/training materials handed out
  to date
• Ongoing research

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Research

• Presentations
• All Ireland Social Medicine meeting
• British Cardiac Society
• Irish Cardiac Society
• Published paper
• Resuscitation
• 2nd paper almost finished
• Published abstracts
• Heart
• Irish Journal of Medical Science

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Paper 1Resuscitation (in print)
Figure 2 Score distribution before and after
training in CPR group
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Paper 1Resuscitation (in print)
Figure 3 Mean scores () for CPR group and
control group before and after training, and at a
6 month interval after training.
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Paper 2
Figure 2 Score distribution at baseline and
after training by a previously instructed P7
teacher
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Paper 2
Figure 3 Comparative results of teacher led
training with medical student led training
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Conclusions

• ABC for life has the potential to introduce
  basic life support skills in the population
• This has the impact of improving knowledge of CPR
  and changing attitudes towards performing CPR in
  real life situations
• Potential to have long-term health benefits for
  the population
• Studies demonstrates that using our training
  methods, 10-12 year old children can acquire
  basic life support skills
• By using a peer-training model with medical
  students and teachers, a large number of children
  can be trained in a short time period and at
  relatively low cost.

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ABC for life 06/07

• Trainers from previous years
• 15 new trainers trained last night by Resus RVH
• 15 students from SSC
• Standardisation classes CSEC/MBC
• Training recommences after 11 (December 2006)
• Targeting schools that enrolled but not yet
  trained
  (approx 150-200)
• Targeting schools that havent enrolled (approx
  450)
• Offering schools refresher courses

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Why join ABC for life?

• Health promotion in community
• Meet and interact with new people
• CV / Foundation Programme
• Be involved in teaching a generation of young
  people
• Our lives could depend on it!
• Most importantly FUN!

Targets!
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Questions / Contacts

• mconnolly_at_doctors.org.uk
• Coordinators Patrice Mc Grath
• Leanne Laverty
• medsinbelfast_at_hotmail.com
• www.qub.ac.uk/abcforlife
• 07734102268 / 07739323390