Percentual de acertos em questões sobre suporte básico de vida em profissionais da educação

Objective: to verify the knowledge of education professionals about basic life support. Methodo: this is a research with a quantitative approach, cross-sectional with descriptive purposes, carried out with 127 employees from various public and private schools in Minas Gerais. Data collection occurred from a structured and validated questionnaire, through Google Forms. By the way, the study was submitted and approved by the research ethics committee under opinion 3790557. Results: it was found that 13% of employees declare they are prepared to provide first aid care and 87% say they are not. Conclusion: of a first aid training project in schools is of great value, as it aims to train professionals in the education system for emergency care. And from that, increase the chances of survival, in addition to promoting and preventing accidents in schools.