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.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – 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 ...

This article, the third of a four-part series, explores paediatric basic life support. Nurses will be familiar with the procedure for advanced life support but may be less confident with paediatric ...

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%.