INTRODUCTION: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation refers to a series of interventions that are performed to maintain human life and restart the human heart. Cardiac arrest is among the most common health problems, which is why early initiation and knowledge of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automatic external defibrillator are very important. The education of health and non-health workers is of great importance in order to provide a high survival rate. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of the conducted research was to assess knowledge and attitudes about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among full-time undergraduate students of the Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka. RESPONDENTS AND METHODS: The survey was completed by 114 undergraduate students of nursing, physiotherapy, midwifery and radiological technology. Respondents were forwarded a link to a survey questionnaire created in the Google Forms program. The survey consisted of 3 parts, the first part contains 10 questions about knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the second part contains 10 statements about students' attitudes and the third part contains social democratic data. RESULTS: According to the specific objectives, the results indicate that the differences in the average level of knowledge and the differences in the average score of attitudes among the conducted study programs are not statistically significant, that is, hypothesis 1 and hypothesis 2 are rejected, p>0.05. The results of this research indicate that the majority of respondents (71.1%) answered more than 50% of the questions correctly, which indicates a fairly high level of knowledge, which is a reflection of the efficient education of students of all majors at the Faculty of Health Studies. CONCLUSION: According to the results of the research, there is a high quality and sufficient amount of knowledge in emergency medicine, which is very important in the work of all healthcare professionals in order to prevent cardiac arrest and start resuscitation in time. It is concluded that regular students of all majors of the Faculty of Health Studies share positive attitudes about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.