Paediatricians' knowledge of cardiac arrest guidelines.
A telephone questionnaire was undertaken on middle grade trainee paediatricians to test their knowledge of European Resuscitation Council guidelines. Fifty seven responded of whom only 15 (26%) offered a correct sequence of management for asystole and eight (14%) failed to identify adrenaline in their management. For ventricular fibrillation only 18/57 (32%) identified a correct sequence and very poor specific knowledge was identified. Paediatricians will under perform in the event of cardiac arrest in children without improved training in resuscitation.
Buss
P W
PW
Department of Paediatrics, Royal Gwent Hospital.
Evans
R J
RJ
McCarthy
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Scorrer
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Kumar
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D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy