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Greek national school CPR championship
Designing and implementing the first national CPR championship in Greece: the “KIDS SAVE LIVES – TA PAIDIA SOZOUN ZOES” experience
Resuscitation Plus · Added 27 September 2026
Description and evaluation of Greece's first national school CPR championship (Kids Save Lives) — 196 schools and 432 students competed with QCPR-measured BLS skills, scoring 95.7–96.3% on average (88.2% in special-needs schools), and 99% of the 197 surveyed participants endorsed it as effective training worth repeating.
- Study type
- Cross-sectional
- Design
- Programme implementation description with post-event questionnaire evaluation
- Participants
- 196 schools, 432 student participants; 197 questionnaire respondents
- Main finding
- Mean QCPR scores 95.7–96.3% (88.2% in special-needs schools); 99% rated it an effective training approach worth repeating; 100% supported mandatory national school CPR training
- Caveat
- Non-comparative evaluation with self-selected questionnaire respondents; Greek school setting
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). community BLS education rather than paramedic practice, but the QCPR-competition model is a cheap, proven template for local school CPR engagement
Learning goal
Understand how school-based CPR education programs can strengthen community bystander response across Australia.
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- Topic: Education & training
- Daily scan: 27 September 2026
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