Attempting CPR for the first time: what the experience taught me

How one nursing student approached an emergency on campus and what he learned about the value of knowledge, and the importance of teamwork and reflection

Off-duty nurses provide life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to people in cardiac arrest in all kinds of situations, while an ambulance is dispatched.

The GoodSAM app is an alert system for cardiac events. Anyone trained in basic life support can register to be a GoodSAM volunteer and offer their life-saving skills. It also points you to the nearest automated external defibrillator (AED).

App alerted us to cardiac event on campus during a lecture

I am in the second year of my adult nursing degree at Brunel University London and was in