• Resuscitation · Nov 2002

    The ABCs of recording paediatric cardiac arrests.

    • Rekha Sanghavi and Alison Shefler.
    • John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. rsangh@hotmail.com
    • Resuscitation. 2002 Nov 1; 55 (2): 167-70.

    ObjectiveTo examine the quality and comprehensiveness of documentation in Paediatric 'cardiac arrests'.DesignRetrospective chart review.SettingTertiary care hospital wards, Paediatric Intensive Care and Accident and Emergency department.Subjects41 children experiencing acute life-threatening events in hospital.ResultsOverall documentation of details related to time, place and personnel was highly variable but generally present in over half of the cases reviewed. Data relating to specific drug-related and interventional therapies was insufficient, as was documentation of time intervals and consequent therapeutic decisions.ConclusionsDocumentation of critical resuscitation episodes in children is below recognised standards and this has potential quality of care and medicolegal implications. Current teaching needs to emphasise this essential aspect of clinical care from the earliest level of training.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

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