Appropriate CPR techniques for carers of infants outside of hospital

Correspondence to Dr Rachael K Gregson, Respiratory, Critical Care and Anaesthesia section in Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Program, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; r.gregson@ucl.ac.uk Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with unsuccessful cardiopulmon...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2019-06, Vol.104 (6), p.511-512
Main Authors: Gregson, Rachael K, Peters, Mark J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Babies
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Caregivers
Child Health
Children & youth
Community health care
Community Health Services
CPR
Death
Families & family life
Feedback
Fingers & toes
First Aid
Fractions
Guidelines
Health Personnel
Heart
Heart Arrest
Heart Disorders
Hospitals
Humans
Individual Characteristics
Infant
Infants
Manikins
Medical personnel
Outcomes of Treatment
Physical Characteristics
Researchers
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Ventilation
Ventilators
Young Children
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Summary:Correspondence to Dr Rachael K Gregson, Respiratory, Critical Care and Anaesthesia section in Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Program, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; r.gregson@ucl.ac.uk Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the third leading cause of death in industrialised nations. [...]internationally agreed CPR guidelines have been developed with data often extrapolated from adults or animal studies.2 Figure 1. Arch Dis Child 2017; 102: 403–9. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2016-310691 9 Scquizzato T, Landoni G, Forti A. Food-riders may improve the chain of survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by delivering CPR and AEDs.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315756