title: Attitudes of Doctors Working in Abant Izzet Baysal University Health Research and Application Center on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to evaluate the attitudes of doctors about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in this research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overall, 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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It 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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, we have identified the lack of knowledge of the doctors about resuscitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoldaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bayır
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: İsa
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Yıldız
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akcan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit Yaşar
authors.initials: ÜY
authors.lastname: Tekelioğlu
keywords: Cardiopulmonary arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; questionnaire