Background: Even though anaesthetists do not resuscitate children on a daily basis they need to perform paediatric life support regularly due to their different duties. As the knowledge of international guidelines varies widely highly standardized European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) courses have been introduced to improve standards of care. This national survey among Austrian anaesthetists and EPLS course participants evaluated the impact of this course at the end of the guideline period 2005-2010.
