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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of the Newborn
Pediatrics In Review, 1990Approximately 3.5 million babies are born each year in approximately 5000 hospitals in the United States. Only 15% of these hospitals have neonatal intensive care facilities. Six percent of all newborns require life support in the delivery room or nursery, and this need for resuscitation rises to 80% in neonates weighing less than 1500 g at birth.
Jonathan M. Davis, Robert A. Sinkin
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Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation
2005Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of disease-related death in the United States, resulting in approx 1 million deaths per year. It is estimated that 400,000–460,000 Americans will die from cardiac arrest (CA) each year, nearly 90% in prehospital settings (1,2).
Robert A. Berg, Vinay M. Nadkarni
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Ventilation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 1999Ventilation is essential for oxygenation of the alveoli and arterial blood. Comatose humans have upper airway soft tissue obstruction unless the head is tilted backwards and sometimes, in addition, the jaw thrust forward. In 1960, measurements on comatose humans with or without cardiac arrest, with or without a tracheal tube, showed essentially no ...
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Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation
British Journal of Nursing, 1994A good knowledge of paediatric resuscitation procedures can instil confidence in the nurse faced with a critically ill child and can improve the outcome for that child. This article reviews both basic and advanced resuscitation procedures that are recommended for use in the paediatric age group.
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