Knowledge and beliefs of Greek schoolteachers towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Purpose:The importance of the schoolteachers in the “kids save live” program is highlighted in the relevant ERC statement.This study aimed to evaluate the level of theoretical knowledge, willingness to perform and overall attitude towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of schoolteachers working in secondary schools in the Larissa district, Greece. 
Materials-Method: Data collection took place on the academic period of 2018-2019 and wasperformed in 37 secondary schools of Larissa. 487 teachers filled in a questionnaire regarding CPR before a two hour-training course. A structured questionnaire was used consisting of 3 parts: 6 questions regarding their demographic characteristics, 8 questions about their attitudes and beliefs toward CPR and 13 questions about their CPR knowledge and skills. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS v22.
Results: The study shows that schoolteachers have relatively poor knowledge of CPR (only 20% of the respondents have completed an official CPR seminar in the last three years). This was acknowledged by the majority of the participants with almost 90% of them stating that they need more CPR oriented training. Mandatory CPR training in schools was strongly supported by 85% of the participants and was justified by the belief of 90% of them that they would perform CPR to a collapsed victim. Only 35% of the teachers could detect a cardiac arrest, and only about half of them could select the correct CPR algorithm (44.6%).
Conclusions: This study highlighted an unmet CPR training need for schoolteachers in a Greek district. Moreover, it emphasised their willingness to be trained and to start CPR in a cardiac arrest victim. Further research is needed to identify the optimal training that would allow schoolteachers to realise their role in the “Kids Save Lives” program.

1 - Knowledge and beliefs of Greek schoolteachers towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).