Educ Med. 2019;20(3):155---161 www.elsevier.es/edumed Educación Médica ORIGINAL ARTICLE Basic and immediate paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in medical students Jesús López-Herce a,b,c,d,* , Ángel Carrillo a,b,c,d , Óscar Martínez a,b,c,d , Ana María Morito a,b,c,d , Silvia Pérez a,b,c,d , Jorge López a,b,c,d , Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Group ♦ a Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain b Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediatría, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Mara˜ nón de Madrid, Spain c Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Mara˜ nón, Spain d Red de Salud Maternoinfantil y del Desarrollo (Red SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain Received 29 March 2018; accepted 7 April 2018 Available online 25 May 2018 KEYWORDS Cardiac arrest; Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Resuscitation courses; Children; Student training; Clinical education Abstract Background: To analyse the effectiveness of Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) and Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) courses to train medical students in paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Methods: Eighteen courses (13 in PBLS and 5 in PILS) were delivered to 1214 medical stu- dents. Two theory tests and one practical test were performed. Students filled in an anonymous questionnaire after each course. Results: The mean scores (out of 20) in the theory tests of the PBLS course were 11.4 before the course, and 19.2 upon completion (P < 0.0001). Infant BLS skills were achieved by 98.4% of students, and children BLS skills by 97% of them. The mean scores (out of 30) in the PILS courses were 17.3 before the course, and 29.1 at the end of the course (P < 0.0001). PBLS skills were achieved by 99% of students and PILS skills by 98.3% of them. The scores (out of 5) in the anony- mous questionnaire were: theory classes, 4.5; teaching methods, 4.5; practice sessions, 4.7; instructor teaching skills, 4.8; and coordination of theory and practice and between instructors, 4.7. There were no significant differences between basic and intermediate CPR courses. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: pielvi@hotmail.com (J. López-Herce). ♦ The members of the Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Group are in appendix 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2018.04.005 1575-1813/© 2018 Elsevier Espa˜ na, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).