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European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 6. Paediatric life support

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 81; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.012

1873-1570

Dominique Biarent, Robert Bingham, Christoph Eich, Jesús López‐Herce, Ian Maconochie, Antonio Rodrı́guez-Núñez, Thomas Rajka, David Zideman,

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

These guidelines on paediatric life support are based on two main principles: (1) the incidence of critical illness, particularly cardiopulmonary arrest, and injury in children is much lower than in adults; (2) most paediatric emergencies are served primarily by providers who are not paediatric specialists and who have limited paediatric emergency medical experience. Therefore, guidelines on paediatric life support must incorporate the best available scientific evidence but must also be simple and feasible. Finally, international guidelines need to acknowledge the variation in national and local emergency medical infrastructures and allow flexibility when necessary.