Cardiac arrest in children

AUTHORS: Dr Nathalie De Suremain, Dr Cécile Arnaud, Dr Aude Dumesnil-Amédée, Dr Ségolène Isambert, Dr Guillaume Thouvenin, Pr Arnaud Petit
ABSTRACT:
. Cardiopulmonary arrest is a rare condition in children. Prognosis is poor, especially if cardiopulmonary arrest is prolonged. The first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be started early in order to save lives and minimize neurological sequelae. To be effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation requires several actions in a specific order which have to be known.
. To improve the training of future health professionals and reactivate the professional knowledge in business, we offer an educational film.
. This film aims to learn how recognize and handle a cardiac arrest in children.
. The film includes 4 successive portions.
The first part is an uncommented fiction, in real time
The second part, from time 10'35 '', gets detailed and successively all the actions to be undertaken alone, and as a team.
The third part, from the time 18'23 '', integrates these steps in the chain of survival, according to international recommendations.
Conclusion, from the time 21'25 ''
PUBLIC CONCERNED: health professionals; students preparing for health professions
WARNING: this film is not a self-training support, it is a complement to traditional educational resources.
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