Resuscitation
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To objectively evaluate how effectively children can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR) 2 months after a single, 2h training session and establish whether or not their performance is affected by the ratio of external chest compressions to ventilations used. ⋯ Children as young as 10-11 years are capable of performing effective CPR after a single, 2h training session in cardiopulmonary resuscitation given in school. This age group are able to achieve greater depth of chest compressions, when using a ratio of 15:2 rather than 30:2.
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Approximately 750,000 in-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States. Many will occur to visitors or staff members within the hospital's public areas. We sought to provide a descriptive analysis of visitor cardiac arrests in hospitals and to compare survival outcomes to matching inpatient arrests. ⋯ Cardiac arrest among hospital visitors is a relatively common event. The survival outcomes of hospital visitors compared unfavorably to that of recently published experience with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.