JU student CPR World Champion
When the World Championships in advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were held in Milan, the Swedish team took home the victory. One of the team members was student Andreas Stenvall, who is studying to become a specialist nurse specializing in healthcare for children and young people at Jönköping University.
The competition took place in Milan during the European Resuscitation Council Congress, which ran from 17 to 19 September. The teams were faced with realistic emergency scenarios in which they had to treat patients suffering from cardiac arrest within a short timeframe. The assessment covered, amongst other things, the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medical decision-making, communication and teamwork.
Andreas Stenvall
“What I’ll take away from this above all is just how crucial a well-functioning team is. No one wins a competition like this on their own, and no one can provide really good emergency care on their own either. When a child becomes seriously ill or suffers a cardiac arrest, knowledge, communication and teamwork must all come together,” said Andreas Stenvall.
Knowledge that wins championships and saves lives
The course and the competition overlap in several clear areas, according to Andreas Stenvall. As a specialist nurse, you need to be able to carry out structured assessments, prioritize, communicate, and lead, even when the situation is complex and time is short – just as in an advanced CPR scenario.
“Right now, as part of the training, we’re working on a patient case where the healthcare system failed on every single one of those points. So, the knowledge we gain from training can be used both to win world championships and to save lives. Quite simply, the training highlights crucial and life-saving areas,” he said.
Looking ahead, he hopes to share his knowledge and experience with both the healthcare sector and the public as an instructor on behalf of the CPR Council.
“We must remember that it is not enough for us in the healthcare sector to be the best in the world at CPR. It is the public who are first on the scene in cases of cardiac arrest outside hospitals, so they must pave the way for the healthcare sector to succeed,” he concluded.
The Swedish winning team, Team ROSC.
The Swedish team, Team ROSC, consisted of:
Andreas Stenvall, a student at JU and an ambulance and anaesthesia nurse at Region Skåne; Henrik Norrman Lindgren, an ambulance nurse at Region Jönköping; John-Åke Palm, an anaesthesia nurse; Viktorija Matuleviciene Anängen, senior consultant, and Emil Boström, consultant at Karolinska Hospital. All are instructors in advanced CPR at the Swedish Resuscitation Council.
