The II KIDS SAVE LIVES BRASIL International Symposium was held last Friday, October 15th. It was a scientific and cultural event linked to the global World Restart a Heart initiative that aims to increase cardiopulmonary resuscitation rates by lay citizens. The event was open to the public and broadcast on the KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL YouTube channel, starting at 8 am and holding activities until the end of the afternoon.

“We had participation and presentations from undergraduates, professors, national and international project coordinators, experts in the field, as well as several national partners and project volunteers”, says Prof. Naomi Kondo Nakagawa from the Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy at the aculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) and one of the National Coordinators of KIDS SAVE LIVES BRASIL (KSLB), together with Prof. Maria José Carvalho Carmona from the Discipline of Anesthesiology at FMUSP.

The lectures addressed topics related to health education and guidelines on how to act in cases of stroke, cardiopulmonary arrest, acute myocardial infarction and drowning in children. The testimonies of survivors and citizens who saved the lives of loved ones with the skills developed in the training offered by the KSLB project also stood out.

Social initiative

KIDS SAVE LIVES BRASIL aims to teach basic life support practices in individuals with cardiopulmonary arrest to students and teachers in the public network. On October 8, the project visited the Prof. Bento da Silva César State School, in São Carlos, where between 250 and 300 students, from the first to the ninth year of elementary school, teachers and employees were trained by the project's team of instructors and volunteers.

“It was a very enriching and inspiring experience, we were welcomed with open arms”, says Prof. Naomi Kondo. “The most important thing was to see the satisfaction in the eyes of the children and teenagers at the opportunity for a different and important learning experience at their school”, she adds.