Cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge among nursing students: a questionnaire-based study

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that healthcare providers and lay people should learn to perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for improving survival among sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims (1). Each year more than 350.000 people die in the United States and millions die around the world because of cardiovascular diseases (2). Consequently, people who are professionally trained to provide life-saving measures should have the basic knowledge, skills, and confidence to do so. Although the technical skills to perform CPR appear to be quite simple, many healthcare providers lack the confidence to use them and are not updated with knowledge based on the current guidelines (3)