The objective of this article is to identify basic life support knowledge of healthcare students of a higher education institution through the application of a questionnaire for students of the health area of all courses and current terms in the selected institution. This is a crosssectional study with a quantitative approach. The questionnaire was applied to 545 students and evaluated three domains in 25 questions: general knowledge, sequence of procedures, and the method of use of procedures. Our analysis showed that 28.1% of the interviewed knew the Basic Life Support sequence, 30.3% would call the emergency service timely, and 18.9% knew how to use the Automated External Defibrillator. This study shows some deficient knowledge on basic life support of the students interviewed, reinforcing the need for its continuous teaching and the importance of encouraging initiatives to disseminate the theme.
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