Background: When a person has sudden cardiac arrest, Basic Life Support (BLS) aids in the emergency response system's activation, resuscitation, and quick defibrillation. Since Pakistan has one of the highest rates of accidental mortality, it is essential to evaluate the BLS knowledge of medical practitioners. Thus, my goal is to evaluate the BLS knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students. Objective(s):To assess knowledge, attitude and practice of basic life support related to CPR among medical students. Methodology: From April to July 2023, a cross-sectional survey utilizing the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) framework was carried out at the University of Chenab in Gujrat, a privately owned institution. A modified version of previously employed questionnaires from similar research endeavors was employed. Results: Among total 374 participants, 330 were female and 44 were male, among which 46 participants has good knowledge, 232 has middle knowledge and 96 has poor knowledge about CPR, 258 has negative attitude and 116 has positive attitude towards CPR, 354 has week practice and 20 participants has good practice of BLS specifically CPR.Descriptive statistics were analyzed using SPSS v22.0. P < 0.05 was considered as significant. Conclusion(s): The majority of student’s knowledge was poor, attitude was negative and practice towards CPR in University of Chenab was poor and is not sufficient and safe enough, even though few participants have positive and good attitude towards it.

Basic life support, Medical students, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.