Several cardiologists from KMC Hospital, Mangaluru, have expressed the need to include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as part of the syllabus for high school students.

On Thursday, the head of the cardiology department, Dr. Padmanabha Kamath, stated that CPR increases the chance of survival of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.

Dr. Narasimha Pai, Interventional Cardiologist, added that doctors and paramedical staff of KMC held sessions in 22 schools to train teachers and high school students in CPR as part of a month-long campaign from September 1st to 7th, which was held as part of the World Heart Day celebration. He added that the CPR training was an ongoing thing and it was necessary to make it part of the syllabus.

On the other hand, Dr. Maneesh Rai, a cardiac electrophysiologist, noted that it is important to know the symptoms of cardiac arrest and immediately do CPR before sending the patient to the hospital.