The Shock, Organ Dysfunction & Resuscitation (SODIR) group of the Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) and the Intensive Care Unit of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital joined the initiative “Un train d’avance pour la vie”. During 4 days more than 250 volunteers, trained by intensivist MDs, medical residents, nurse personnel and medicine students, taught Basic Life Support techniques and external semiautomatic defribillation to passengers travelling in the high-speed trains connecting Barcleona to Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse.The "http://www.socmic.cat/" Catalan Society of Critical and Intensive Medicine appointed the SODIR researcher Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz, as coordinator of the Basic Life Support and Resuscitation, together with Dr. A. Lesmes, project manager of the Plan Nacional de Reanimación Cardiopulmonar of the "http://www.semicyuc.org/temas/semicyuc/documentos/documento-oficial-de-la-semicyuc/semicyuc" Spanish Society of Intensive Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), to train the healthcare professionals that volunteered for the activity.With this action, intensive care specialists aimed to sensitize and familiarize the population with cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures and the use of semiautomatic defribillators, so they can act in case of cardiac arrest. The initiative is led by "http://www.life-priority.com/" LIFE Priority, a foundation belonging to the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, that is currently celebrating its 27th Annual Congress in Barcelona.The "http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/canalsalut/menuitem.137833b1b7903d2d48af8968b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=a4de16be71717310VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a4de16be71717310VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=detall&contentid=4b15a357228d9310VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD" World Heart Day is celebrated this Monday, and its goal is to promote preventive measures and raise awareness on the fight against cardiovascular diseases that, according to the World Heart Federation, are the first cause of mortality worldwide, causing 17.3 million deaths per year.