What about the knowledge of CPR in Turkey? Özge Turgay Yıldırım * , Ayşegül Turgay Eskisehir City Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Eskisehir, Turkey Sinop Atatürk State Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Sinop, Turkey article info Article history: Received 13 October 2019 Accepted 29 October 2019 We read with great interest the recent article by Baldi et al. [1] documenting the knowledge of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary re- suscitation (CPR) among final year medical students. We are sorry to in- form that the situation in Turkey is similar. The knowledge about CPR among medical students, physicians and medical staff is not at a degree where it should be. In a survey conducted by Çalışkan et al. [2] the rate of correct an- swers about basic life support (BLS) was 51% and 48% for advanced car- diovascular life support (ACLS). And general success rate was 49% and this survey was applied on residences and subspecialty residences in secondary and tertiary health centers. Kandis et al. conducted a pretest about the basic knowledge of CPR before a CPR course. The average scores for final year medical students was 52.5 ± 11.7 out of 100. After the CPR course the success rate reached to 80.6 ± 9.1. Among residents, the success rate increased from 72,3 ± 11,6 to 94,2 ± 7,1 [3]. This study shows the importance of CPR courses. CPR courses should be organized for all medical staff and must be mandatory because CPR is a team job and every member should be aware of their responsibilities. A study showed that success rate of CPR among nurses in a teaching hospital is 36.7% [4]. Studies showed that nurses who repeat CPR training more than six months’ in- tervals decrease knowledge and skills [5]. So regular CPR courses must be organized for all medical staff to increase the efficiency of CPR. References [1] E. Baldi, E. Contri, A. Bailoni, K. Rendic, V. Turcan, N. Donchev, et al., Final-year medical students' knowledge of cardiac arrest and CPR: we must do more! Int. J. Cardiol. 296 (2019 Dec 1) 76–80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.016. [2] N. Çalışkan, P. Durukan, N. Baykan, N. Kaymaz, F. Elmalı, C. Kavalcı, Compliance to guidelines in in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation interventions: single-center experience, Cukurova Med J 44 (2) (2019) 402–409, https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj. 426554. [3] H. Kandiş, B.V. Boz, A. Sarıtaş, M.M. Çandar, D. Baltacı, M. Çıkman, Development of knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for medical students and re- search assistants, Konuralp Med. J. 6 (3) (2014) 8–11. [4] F. Kara, A. Yurdakul, B. Erdoğan, E. Polat, Bir devlet hastanesinde görev yapan hemşirelerin güncel temel yaşam desteği bilgilerinin değerlendirilmesi, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Univ. J. Health Sci. Inst. 3 (1) (2015)26-17. [5] E. Türkmen, I. Işık, S. Balcı, S.A. Topçu, S. Abalı, P. Karaçay, Success, expectations, and satisfaction levels of nursing/health school students attending to the basic life sup- port course, Yoğun Bakım Hemşireliği Dergisi 13 (2) (2009) 55–62. International Journal of Cardiology 300 (2020) 171 ⁎ Corresponding author at: Ataturk University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, 25070 Erzurum, Turkey. E-mail address: ozgeturgay@gmail.com (Ö. Turgay Yıldırım). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.10.048 0167-5273/© 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Cardiology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijcard