Article posted on December 3, 2024

CPR Power-up in Schools

Making learning fun, and teaching students to save lives!

Did you know that CPR is taught to all High School students in Alberta as part of the Grade 10 curriculum?

The Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton is on a mission to not only teach CPR to students, but also to make it fun and engaging. To date, they have taught over 950 students and are continuing to offer this opportunity to schools around the region.

The Stollery CPR Power-up in Schools program offers the opportunity to learn CPR in a dynamic and engaging environment by utilizing the latest technology and research-driven techniques. The course incorporates Heart & Stroke’s CardiacCrash training and includes gamification to encourage students to not only participate but compete to see who can do the best CPR.

High-quality CPR manikins are key in this process, as these advanced dolls give immediate feedback on CPR performance by measuring how fast a student is doing compressions, and how effective those compressions are.

Not only do highschoolers learn CPR in this 75-minute course, they also become familiar with how to use an AED, which can be an essential life-saving tool alongside CPR.

Once these techniques are learned, the course wraps up with a competitive CPR race. Participating students have reported this to be the most fun and engaging part of the lesson.

The Stollery team is excited to offer this opportunity to more schools. If you are interested in setting up a lesson, please contact PAD@ahs.ca to be put in touch with the CPR Power-up in Schools program.

Please click to watch the videos below. 

QCPR Race 1 

QCPR Race 2 

QCPR Race 3 

QCPR Race 4 

QCPR Race 5 

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 03, 2024