While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare—about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S.—the survival rate when it happens outside of a hospital is estimated to be under 20%.
DALLAS and ITASCA, IL - October 23, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association (the Association), a relentless force changing the future of health for ...
New basic life support guidelines for the management of adult and paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest have recently been recommended by the Resuscitation Council UK. Greater emphasis has been given to ...
Objective: The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course is used throughout North American pediatric residency programs to provide a core pediatric resuscitation curriculum. Despite this ...
The Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Clinical Education Centre created an e-learning programme for nurses and midwives to learn paediatric basic life support online. This allowed health ...