Abstract
It is a very important thing that staff members at the hospital can perform basic life support correctly and quickly at the time of in-hospital emergency. The cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for hospital staff has been held every month from June, 2004. 21 month (year and nine month) has passed since it began; a questionnaire of “how the awareness and the knowledge to cardiopulmonary resuscitation have changed” was carried out. The rate who answered that they knew how to do the cardiopulmonary resuscitation was increased from the initial 82% to 93%. The rate who answered that they could perform the cardiopulmonary resuscitation alone was increased from 30% to 52%. The interest and knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation were increasing steadily. But it is going to take more time for all staff to attend the lecture. Then, because there was a revision of guideline for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (guideline 2005), it is also necessary for the participants who have already participated in the lecture to reconfirm their knowledge and skills, and we must continue the high quality education courses in the hospital.
