What They Don't Teach You In ACLS & PALS
Throughout America and the world today, children are needlessly dying, or are they needlessly being resuscitated? Despite the recent advances in emergency and critical care medicine, survival rates from cardiac arrest in children remain at best, dismal. This lecture will attempt to demystify "why we really do what we do" in the arena of pediatric resuscitation. Current research findings and recommendations will be reviewed, as well as the effectiveness of therapies past, present, & future. In addition, proposed criteria for termination of resuscitation efforts will be discussed.
• Alternative CPR techniques
• Cardioversion, defibrillation, & adult vs. pediatric AED's
• Changes in anti-arrhythmic medications
• IV fluids: What type, how fast, & why?
• Termination of efforts: How long is too long?