• Concepción Míguez-Navarro, Beatriz Ponce-Salas, Gloria Guerrero-Márquez, Jorge Lorente-Romero, Elena Caballero-Grolimund, Arístides Rivas-García, and María Ana Almagro-Colorado.
• Pediatric Emergency Department, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• J Pediatr Nurs. 2018 Sep 1; 42: e91-e96.

PurposeTo determine the level of knowledge of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among the parents of children who attended our Pediatric Emergency Department and to identify the factors that affect this knowledge.Design And MethodsDescriptive, transversal study. A questionnaire was distributed anonymously among parents to collect data about their previous CPR training, knowledge and experience.ResultsA total 405 valid questionnaires were returned. The mean age of the sample was 38.08 (SD 7.1) years, and 66.9% of participants were female. The mean score of correctly answered questions was 6.76 out of 19 questions. Parents with a university education received a mean score of 7.16 versus 6.24 for those with a primary education (p = 0.022). Parents with previous training received a higher mean score (8.04 vs 6.17, respectively, p < 0.01). Parents with jobs related to healthcare or education received a higher mean score compared to those who did not (8.63, p < 0.01 and 7.16, p = 0.0013, respectively). No significant differences among parents with chronically ill children (p = 0.76) or related to the number of children (ρ = -0.101) were observed. Furthermore, 77.3% of parents expressed an interest in receiving further training.ConclusionsKnowledge of first aid among the general population is lacking. Parents with previous training in this field, those with a university-level education, and those who are healthcare providers and educational professionals received significantly higher scores.Practic ImplicationsStudies based on surveys can be useful in estimating a population's knowledge base, allowing the development of community-based training activities.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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