ENSINO DE PRIMEIROS SOCORROS EM ESCOLAS: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA.

This study aims to report the experience and results of the "Mãos que Salvam" extension project conducted in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais. The text explains the planning and development of the workshops, as well as the principal results of and difficulties observed during the project's implementation. Workshops covered the following topics: first aid, fainting, bleeding, burns, and airway clearance. Students were classified according to the percentage of correct answers (insufficient <60%, and satisfactory ≥60% correct answers). Researchers applied the Chi-Square test both before and after the workshops to compare students' questionnaire performance. Complementarily extension workers participated in two professional fairs, teaching life saving skills for use in instances of cardiorespiratory arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. During the first semester of 2019, one school with nine (267 students) held the workshops. There was an improvement in the percentage of satisfactory performance in the questionnaires (53.18 vs. 95.07%, p <0.001) after the workshops. These results occurred in all elementary school classes, but not in high school classes. Nearly 300 students participated in the professional fairs. Observed data point out that the workshops developed skills and the ability to recognize emergencies, particularly in elementary school students. These results demonstrate that extension actions in schools may contribute to the dissemination of specific knowledge beyond the classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]