• NakagawaNaomi KondoNKKIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL Program; Education, Assessment and Intervention in CardioPulmonary Group, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Igor Caitano Salles, Federico Semeraro, and Bernd W Böttiger.
• KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL Program; Education, Assessment and Intervention in CardioPulmonary Group, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Curr Opin Crit Care. 2021 Dec 1; 27 (6): 623-636.

Purpose Of ReviewIn sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most important elements of the chain of survival. Since 2015, international health societies and associations have recognized KIDS SAVE LIVES (KSL) as an essential initiative on CPR principles dissemination among schoolchildren. Children can be potential multipliers of the CPR competencies by teaching families, relatives, and friends. This review aimed to determine the main CPR issues raised in the KSL-associated publications.Recent FindingsWe found 12 Editorials, 9 Letters, 2 Special Reports, 4 Reviews, 2 Guidelines, 9 Original Articles and 17 Conference Presentations on KSL history, the schoolchildren CPR education, and KSL program implementation in several countries. In nine original studies, the main issues were instructors' and learners' CPR knowledge, skills, and retention, gender and physical aspects affecting CPR performance, types of KSL programs and new technologies to teach CPR.SummaryThe KSL-associated literature is limited to support KSL benefits. However, the KSL could potentially contribute to improve out-of-hospital CPR performed by lay people at earlier age in different countries. Children are an important target group to diffuse CPR principles ('CHECK-CALL-COMPRESS'), as they are curious, motivated and enjoy teaching others.Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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