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.

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 ...

Pediatric heart care services are returning to the University of Kentucky after a prolonged lapse, through a planned partnership announced Thursday between UK HealthCare and Cincinnati Children's ...

Basic Life Support (BLS) is a set of simple, life-saving steps used to help someone whose heart has stopped beating. It includes skills like CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of an AED ...

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%.