BACKGROUND: Airway foreign bodies (AFBs) is an interdisciplinary area between
emergency medicine, pediatrics and otolaryngology. It is a life-threatening condition that is …

Background Errors in drug administration are among the commonest medical errors.
Children are particularly at risk for such errors because of the need to calculate doses …

These guidelines on paediatric life support are based on three main principles:(1) the
incidence of critical illness, particularly cardiopulmonary arrest, and injury in children is …

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VFib) are the life-threatening
shockable arrhythmias which require immediate attention. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation …

Adult basic life support and use of automated external defibrillators; 4

Importance Delay in administration of the first epinephrine dose is associated with
decreased survival among adults after in-hospital, nonshockable cardiac arrest. Whether …

Survival from cardiac arrest is determined by the quality of the scientific evidence behind the
guidelines, the effectiveness of education and the resources for implementation of the …

Introduction Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the most frequent causes of death in the world.
In highly qualified emergency medical service (EMS) systems, including well-trained …

Aim This work provides an epidemiological overview of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(OHCA) in children in Germany between 2007 and 2021. We wanted to identify modifiable …

(1) Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a significant public health concern among
the pediatric population, and fatalities are dramatic for families. It typically involves organic …