For best survival and quality of life, pediatric basic life support (BLS) should be part of a
community effort that includes prevention, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) …

Little information is available about the effects of CPR in children, although it is known that
the outcomes are dismal. Examples of unanswered questions include which advanced life …

Objective. Data regarding pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have
been limited because of retrospective study designs, small sample sizes, and inconsistent …

Study Objectives: To perform a population-based study addressing the demography,
epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary …

Background Among adults who have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital, the survival rate is
known to be poor. However, less information is available on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest …

The descriptive epidemiology of sudden nontraumatic death from persons aged 1 to 21
years was studied in a defined population. In nine years, the 207 deaths in this group …

See related editorial," Is Pediatric Resuscitation Unique? Relative Merits of Early CPR and
Ventilation Versus Early Defibrillation for Young Victims of Prehospital Cardiac Arrest" Study …

This publication presents the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) of the …

Background—Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) without assisted ventilation
may be as effective as CPR with assisted ventilation for ventricular fibrillatory cardiac arrests …

Study objective: To determine the outcome of pediatric patients with prehospital
cardiopulmonary arrest. Design: Chart review of all patients with prehospital …