RT Book, Section
A1 Hazinski, Mary Fran
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6720688
T1 Chapter 108. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6720688
RD 2024/04/19
AB Although  resuscitation  is  a  widely  taught  routine,  a  formalized  approach  to  resuscitating  an  infant  or  child  is  a  relatively  recent  development.  The  first  published  report  of  successful  closed-chest  resuscitation  in  1960  contained  details  about  the  resuscitation  of  a  9-year-old  with  respiratory  arrest  and  a  12-year-old  with  anesthesia-induced  cardiac  arrest.  The  first  guidelines  for  pediatric  basic  life  support  (PBLS)  and  neonatal  resuscitation  were  in  1980.1  Initial  guidelines  for  pediatric  advanced  life  support  (PALS)  were  published  in  1986.2  Recent  research,  prehospital  series,  and  inhospital  registry  data  have  provided  additional  information  about  the  epidemiology,  presentation,  and  outcome  of  pediatric  cardiopulmonary  arrest  (CPA)  at  different  ages.  As  a  result,  the  2005  AHA  guidelines  recommended  applying  pediatric  basic  life  support  guidelines  to  children  up  to  approximately  age  12  (or  whenever  the  physical  signs  of  puberty  begin)  and  emphasized  differing  priorities  based  on  type  and  circumstances  of  arrest.  For  all  victims  of  CPA,  the  guidelines  now  emphasize  the  importance  of  providing  effective  chest  compressions  with  minimal  interruptions.