Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the theoretical/practical knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in health science students pre/post educational intervention. Methods: Quasi-experimental study, of the before-after type with a quantitative approach. Results: In the distribution by courses, 43.9% belonged to the Nursing Technician course; 39.4% Clinical Analyzes; 12.1% Nutrition and Dietetics and 4.5% Health Surveillance. After educational intervention, the cardiorespiratory arrest component showed a significant increase in correct answers in 50.0% of the items, in the automatic external defibrillator component all items showed a significant increase and in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation component six of the 10 items had significance in the correct answers. In component 4 practical execution, there was a significant improvement in all questions. In the analysis of the effect, there was a significant increase in all components: Theory-cardiorespiratory arrest (72.1% to 82.7%), Theory-automatic external defibrillator (52.5% to 80.3%), Theory- cardiopulmonary resuscitation (60.0% to 78.6%); Practice (15.7% to 77.9%) and Global knowledge (50.1% to 79.9%). Conclusion: The degree of knowledge was improved after educational intervention.