CPR in medical schools: learning by teaching BLS to sudden cardiac death survivors--a promising strategy for medical students?
We could prove that learning by teaching CPR is possible and is highly accepted by the students. By offering a compelling appreciation of what CPR can achieve in using survivors from SCD as trainees made them go deeper into the subject of resuscitation, what also might result in a longer lasting benefit than regular lecture courses in CPR.
It is possible that this relatively simple and primitive reflex is not affected unless there is significant damage to the brainstem.