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 ...

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.

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 ...

New basic life support guidelines for the management of adult and paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest have recently been recommended by the Resuscitation Council UK. Greater emphasis has been given to ...

The Department of Pediatrics at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH), in association with the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Pune branch, conducted a two-day workshop on basic life support (BLS) and ...

What is Basic Life Support (BLS)? Ever wondered what you'd do in a life-or-death situation? Basic Life Support (BLS) is like your emergency toolkit for those critical moments. It's a set of skills ...

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.