About the Erasmus SaveLife project: Reorganizing basic/advanced life support training through the use of innovative digital materials
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering-Skopje, together with the Faculty of Medicine-Skopje, at the University “St. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, were partners in the European Erasmus+ project SaveLife. In that regard:
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering participated in the design of the e-learning platform and the design of educational materials for courses and videos.
The Faculty of Medicine participated in structuring the educational materials, training users of the e-platform, and is a further user of the project results.
The SaveLife project (https://savelife.yildiz.edu.tr), funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ KA220 program, aimed to provide updated, open, free access to B/ALS (basic and advanced life support) training for medical personnel, which can function as reinforcing training or complementary to in situ training, when trainers deem it necessary. The main goals of the SaveLife project are to explore the best practices in online education for B/ALS training and to develop a comprehensive course plan that includes learning materials, mainly interactive videos and an e-book. The project brought together eight partner institutions from six countries: Yildiz Technical University (Turkey), University of Health Sciences (Turkey), Medical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), Panepistimio Thessalias (Greece), Bukovinian State Medical University (Ukraine), University St. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje (North Macedonia), Politechnika Slaska (Poland) and RQ Consultancy (Turkey).
Overall, the SaveLife project:
Targets university staff, medical students, nurses, paramedics, and general practitioners who practice or will practice in high-risk areas. By focusing
Aims to significantly impact B/ALS training across Europe, through basic life support (BLS) training, which medical students receive at the beginning of their studies, and further, this knowledge is further developed through advanced life support (ALS) training. Basic and advanced life support (B/ALS) is essential for physicians managing cardiac arrest.
More details from the project leaflet and website.
The project enables an international and interdisciplinary analysis of current CPR practices in partner countries. In doing so, the team took into account global best practices for structuring with an innovative design of modular online courses, achieving sustainable development and preparedness among healthcare professionals for basic/advanced life support (B/ALS). The project’s activities and final product unite emergency life support interventions by facilitating access to updated B/ALS training and online content, created in collaboration with leading higher education institutions in the region.