Research data were collected through a questionnaire designed in accordance with the literature. The research was conducted on doctors working at the Abant İzzet Baysal University Health Research and Practice Centre after receiving approval from the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research in Abant İzzet Baysal University on 20 February 2012 (no: 2012/31). This descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of doctors about CPR.

This study aimed to reveal the attitudes of doctors about the recognition of cardiac arrest and starting and maintaining CPR, to evaluate their knowledge on recent improvements and to contribute to educational programs with the obtained data.

The duties and responsibilities of doctors are important for the first intervention in cardiac arrest. Only those who receive effective education have high success levels after education and can perform effective and accurate CPR after improvements ( 4, 6– 9). Because information on the approach to CPR is continuously improving, health staff who encounter arrest cases more commonly must be given education at regular intervals and must be informed about new improvements. The whole process that is performed in cardiac arrest treatment is called CPR ( 5). Performing urgent and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is of vital importance for patients with cardiac arrest ( 3, 4).Ĭardiopulmonary resuscitation is a symptomatic treatment method that aims to maintain the functions of vital organs until the heart begins to function again. Consequently, death occurs because of a lack of oxygen in the brain tissue ( 1). Even if the heart continues its pumping action for a few minutes after the respiration of the patient stops, the blood entering the brain contains insufficient oxygen. Hence, when the function of one of these three organs stops, the functions of the other two organs also stop after a short time ( 1, 2). There is a vital relationship between the heart, lungs and brain. Accordingly, the time between arrest and defibrillation affects the success of resuscitation to a great extent. At the moment of arrest in these patients, a ventricular fibrillation (VF) rhythm can be commonly observed.

Heart diseases cause 90% of sudden deaths, and non-heart diseases cause 10%. Resuscitation can be defined as the effort made to re-gain spontaneous heartbeat, respiration and cardiac functions. Cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) is a sudden stop in spontaneous respiration and blood circulation.

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