• S Ballesteros-Peña, I Fernández-Aedo, I Pérez-Urdiales, Z García-Azpiazu, and S Unanue-Arza.
• Departamento de Enfermería I, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Vizcaya, España; Servicio de Urgencias Generales, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, España. Electronic address: sendoa.ballesteros@ehu.eus.
• Med Intensiva. 2016 Mar 1; 40 (2): 75-83.

AimTo explore the training, ability and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic defibrillators among the population of the Basque Country (Spain).DesignA face-to-face survey.ScopeCapital cities of the Basque Country.ParticipantsA total of 605 people between 15-64 years of age were randomly selected.Main Variables Of InterestInformation about the knowledge, perceptions and self-perceived ability to identify and assist cardiopulmonary arrest was requested.ResultsA total of 56.4% of the responders were women, 61.8% were occupationally active, and 48.3% had higher education. Thirty-seven percent of the responders claimed to be trained in resuscitation techniques, but only 20.2% considered themselves able to apply such techniques. Public servants were almost 4 times more likely of being trained in defibrillation compared to the rest of workers (OR 3.7; P<.001), while people with elementary studies or no studies were almost 3 times more likely of not being trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in comparison with the rest (OR 2.7; P=.001). A total of 94.7% of the responders considered it "quite or very important" for the general population to be able to apply resuscitation, though 55% considered themselves unable to identify an eye witnessed cardiac arrest, and 40.3% would not recognize a public-access defibrillator.ConclusionsCitizens of the Basque Country consider the early identification and treatment of cardiorespiratory arrest victims to be important, though their knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation is limited.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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