Resuscitation skills among the population.

According to a postal survey, 49% of the population living in the Finnish Lapland county has been taught how to resuscitate, but only 19% of the whole population there thought they would be capable of resuscitating a patient. Even among those who had been properly instructed, only 33% thought they would be able to perform resuscitation. It thus seems that not enough teaching sessions have been arranged to teach resuscitation to the whole population. In addition, the teaching sessions arranged do not ensure an adequate resuscitation technique for those who have received instruction.