Part 13: Neonatal resuscitation guidelines The following guidelines are intended for practitioners is allotted to complete each step, reevaluate, and decide responsible for resuscitating neonates. They apply pri- whether to progress to the next step(see the Figure) marily to neonates undergoing transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life. The recommendations are also applicable to Anticipation of Resuscitation Need
Part 12: Pediatric Advanced Life Support contrast to adults, sudden cardiac arrest in children is with other signs and symptoms consistent with inadequate ncommon, and cardiac arrest does not usually result from tissue oxygen delivery a primary cardiac cause. More often it is the terminal event The most common cause of shock is hypovolemia, one of progressive respiratory failure or shock
wning is a leading preventable cause of unintentional been found to be clinically significant. The most important morbidity and mortality. Although this chapter focuses factors that determine outcome of drowning are the duration on treatment, prevention is possible, and pool fencing has and severity of the hypoxia