The Italian National Football Team (Azzurri), players and staff, took part on 13th June in a training session on resuscitation in the event of sudden cardiac arrest as part of the Step Up and Save a Life initiative by UEFA and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), coordinated in Coverciano with a key role from the Italian Resuscitation Council.

The training session on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is part of the activities promoted for the national teams participating in this week's Nations League Finals in the Netherlands, with the aim of raising public awareness of the importance of rapid and effective resuscitation in the event of sudden cardiac arrest, which doubles the chances of survival and could save over 100,000 people suffering from sudden cardiac arrest each year.

View the news and media gallery of the training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation on their official website.

On the 10th of June, the Portuguese Resuscitation Council held the CPR Training session where the National Under-21 Team gets the CPR Training. The event took place as part of the Step Up and Save a Life initiative by UEFA and the European Resuscitation Council.

This initiative will seek to cover all teams present in the final phase of Euro Under-21, as well as in other final stages of UEFA competitions. The project will also be extended to UEFA staff and its 55 member federations, as well as to the collaborators and volunteers who will be part of EURO 2024 in Germany.... Read more

We would like to thank the National Under-21 Team (players and staff) for the commitment they have shown throughout the training, as well as the Portuguese Football Federation for welcoming and allowing all the conditions for this event to take place.