• Marc Felzen, Hanna Schröder, Stefan K Beckers, Bernd W Böttiger, Nadine Rott, Ruth Koch-Schultze, Sabine Wingen, Andreas Meißner, Iris Santowski, Olaf Picker, Niels Rahe-Meyer, Rico Dumcke, Claas Wegner, Hugo van Aken, Antje Gottschalk, Oliver Weber, and Rolf Rossaint.
• Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, RWTH Aachen University, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Deutschland. mfelzen@ukaachen.de.
• Anaesthesist. 2021 May 1; 70 (5): 383-391.

BackgroundTeaching of resuscitation measures is not mandatory in all schools in Germany. It is currently limited to individual, partly mandatory projects despite a low bystander resuscitation rate. For this reason, the Ministry for Schools and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia initiated the project "Bystander resuscitation at schools in NRW" in March 2017.ObjectiveThe aim of this work was to evaluate this project.Material And MethodsAll secondary schools in North Rhine-Westphalia were invited to participate in the project. Medical partners from each administrative district took part, who carried out resuscitation training with existing concepts for teacher or student training. After a 3-year period, the evaluation was carried out using standardized questionnaires for school headmasters, teachers and students.ResultsIn total, more than 40,000 pupils from 249 schools in NRW could be trained in resuscitation within the project with 6 different concepts. Of the students 85% answered the questions regarding resuscitation correctly and overall felt safe in resuscitation measures. The one-off investment requirement for all schools is roughly 4-6.5 million € and around 340,000 € in each budget year.ConclusionA legal constitution and funding are necessary for a nationwide introduction of resuscitation in schools. All established concepts are effective, therefore each school can use them exactly according to their needs, optimally in a stepped form. Training for teachers should focus on resuscitation.

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