[United Kingdom, 21/12/2022] Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is a life-saving technique that can be used in emergencies. These emergencies include near-drowning cases or when someone's heart has stopped. CPR training is essential to reduce the risk of death while waiting for medical personnel to arrive.

CPR Training Through Augmented Reality (AR)

By partnering with The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (YFRC), Snapchat is expanding augmented reality's (AR) potential to provide life-saving information. The new AR CPR overview will guide users through crucial lessons in performing CPR correctly.

With this new educational AR experience, people can learn about CPR through a true-to-life simulation. They can explore the scene, answer quizzes to test their knowledge, and participate in interactive games to understand how to perform chest compressions correctly.

World Restart a Heart Day

World Restart a Heart Day is an initiative to draw attention towards CPR and Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs), emphasising their importance in the community. Even though research suggests that 70 per cent of cardiac arrests occur in front of other people, less than 20 per cent end up receiving first aid from bystanders.

This AR experience can help users better understand what they need to do, providing educational information or even functioning as an overlay at the moment as required.

Snapchat Lens
Augmented reality in the new Snapchat Lens teaches users how to perform CPR properly. It is designed to educate people on the steps needed in case someone nearby experiences a cardiac arrest. The company created the AR lens with the help of Gospooky, a social technology agency based in the Netherlands. The agency worked with IFRC's Global First Aid Reference Centre.

Snapchat Lenses are AR experiences that let people change their appearance and the way they interact with their surroundings. The lenses allow users to add 3D effects, objects, characters, and transformations to their Snaps.

The Snapchat app opens a lens that creates a life-sized replica of an ill or injured person and places them in the room with the user. The app then guides the user through the steps of CPR, including checking for responsiveness, breathing, calling for help, chest compressions, rescue breaths, and using an automated external defibrillator.

Health and safety training facilities can leverage technology to enhance their students' learning experience. Using the innovation by Snapchat in AR CPR, courses can become more engaging and help learners understand critical skills in an immersive setting.

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