Nurses will be familiar with the procedure for advanced life support but may be less confident with paediatric basic life support skills, which are required to manage out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association (the Association), a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, have published updated guidelines for ...
Prolonged (>35 min) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts in children after in-hospital cardiac arrest can result in a high rate of neurologically favourable survival to hospital discharge.
As we wrap up Heart Health Month 2025, we’d like to provide our community with a heart-related a first aid refresher. Did you know that CPR for infants and kids is different than the techniqure for ...
Cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops pumping blood properly, cutting off oxygen to the brain and other vital organs. In these emergencies, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can help keep ...