• Hamit Yoldaş, Hasan Kocoğlu, Hakan Bayır, İsa Yıldız, Akcan Akkaya, Abdullah Demirhan, and Ümit Yaşar Tekelioğlu.
• Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
• Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2016 Jun 1; 44 (3): 142-8.

ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the attitudes of doctors about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in this research.MethodsOverall, 234 doctors who were working in Abant İzzet Baysal University Health Research and Application Center and who accepted to participate in this research were included. Research data were obtained by a questionnaire containing questions about demographic characteristics of doctors and their knowledge about CPR. Questionnaires were applied between 27.02.2012 and 04.06.2012. The chi-square test was used for categorical variables. A value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsIt was determined that 90% of the participants included in the study applied and/or observed CPR, and 62% of participants did not attend any CPR course. In addition, 64.1% of the doctors were found to be aware of guidelines prepared every 5 years. Although 65.2% of the doctors who attended a course previously gave a correct answer for the question about the number of cardiac compressions during adult CPR, 47.6% of the doctors who did not attend a course gave the correct answer (p=0.014). Additionally, 71.9% of participants who attended a course previously and 51.7% of participants who did not replied correctly to the question 'What should be done immediately after defibrillation during CPR?' And also the results for the question about how many joules is necessary to begin defibrillation with a monophasic defibrillator were statistically significant according to the attendance for a CPR course (p<0.005).ConclusionIn this study, we have identified the lack of knowledge of the doctors about resuscitation.

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