Paediatricians' knowledge of cardiac arrest guidelines

A telephone questionnaire was undertaken on middle grade trainee paediatricians to test their knowledge of European Resuscitation Council guidelines. Fifty seven responded of whom only 15 (26%) offered a correct sequence of management for asystole and eight (14%) failed to identify adrenaline in the...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1996-01, Vol.74 (1), p.47-49
Main Authors: Buss, P W, Evans, R J, McCarthy, G, Scorrer, T, Kumar, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Clinical Competence
Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care
Heart
Heart Arrest - etiology
Heart Arrest - therapy
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
Medical Staff, Hospital
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - standards
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Ventricular Fibrillation - complications
Ventricular Fibrillation - therapy
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Summary:A telephone questionnaire was undertaken on middle grade trainee paediatricians to test their knowledge of European Resuscitation Council guidelines. Fifty seven responded of whom only 15 (26%) offered a correct sequence of management for asystole and eight (14%) failed to identify adrenaline in their management. For ventricular fibrillation only 18/57 (32%) identified a correct sequence and very poor specific knowledge was identified. Paediatricians will under perform in the event of cardiac arrest in children without improved training in resuscitation.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.74.1.47