Community Education: Hands-Only CPR at Glenwood Park and More

By Kenda Chaker DNP, APRN, FNP-C and Katie Seliga DNP, APRN, FNP-C

As Texas Christian University alumni, we felt incredibly thankful to have the privilege to implement our Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project at Glenwood Park Community events and at the Texas Christian University Flu Vaccine Clinic.

We decided that the TCU Flu Vaccine Clinic and Glenwood Park were great locations for implementing Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HOC) education because the TCU community represents a Fort Worth microcosm, allowing us to see how our project could translate to larger and more diverse communities.

As undergraduate nursing students, our public health clinical group organized the TCU Flu Vaccine Clinic and partnered with the Fort Worth Fire Department to provide HOC education at a TCU football game. We noticed that football game attendees of all ages were excited and willing to participate in the HOC education. As registered nurses in the intensive care unit and emergency department, we realized the importance of public awareness, community education and participation in timely resuscitation efforts during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest instances. This realization sparked our desire to implement HOC education as our DNP project.