Paediatric Life Support
KEY FEATURES
- CAB (ERC still advocates 5 initial rescue breaths)
- good quality CPR in 15:2 ratio
- removal of ‘look, listen, feel’
- de-emphasis on pulse check
- AED and defibrillation use encouraged (infants manual defibrillation)
- capnography recommended
- defibrillation: 4 J/kg
- adrenaline 10 mcg/kg = 0.1 mL/kg of 1/10,000 (immediately then every second cycle)
- avoid hyperoxia
- congenital heart disease: early use of ECMO advocated
- calcium use: only in hypocalcaemia, Ca2+ channel blocker OD, hypermagnasaemia, hyperkalaemia
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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