Hello, this is Lenna Westerkamp and Kristen Kunik and we're going to present using service learning to improve CPR competency. We asked the question for this project, does providing CPR practice sessions at nursing students need improve their CPR competency? Currently, CPR training occurs only every two years. And during that time, there's a decay in CPR skills. Additionally, in the community, only 25% of people will respond to a cardiac arrest. We designed a service-learning project with our nursing students to offer CPR practice sessions. We also obtained mannequins that provide feedback through a grant through the Ferris Foundation. And so, for our outcomes for this presentation were to discuss the need for CPR practice sessions in the Community, understand how offering CPR practice assessments improves confidence in CPR skills and describe how service learning can improve confidence and skills.

We did a number of different sessions for CPR practice, including the health professionals, students, athletes, employees of Ferris State University and other community events. We did evaluate our students who completed their service learning and found that it improved their overall CPR ability and that they felt it was beneficial to the community. So, in conclusion, it was beneficial to have as a project for students and community members and that we are going to continue to plan for future events.