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  • Title: Role of pediatricians in advocating life support training courses for parents and the public.
    Author: Knapp JF, Pyles LA, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
    Journal: Pediatrics; 2004 Dec; 114(6):1676. PubMed ID: 15574634.
    Abstract:
    Available literature suggests a need for both initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation basic life support training and refresher courses for parents and the public as well as health care professionals. The promotion of basic life support training courses that establish a pediatric chain of survival spanning from prevention of cardiac arrest and trauma to rehabilitative and follow-up care for victims of cardiopulmonary arrest is advocated in this policy statement and is the focus of an accompanying technical report. Immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for victims of cardiac arrest improves survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Pediatricians will improve the chance of survival of children and adults who experience cardiac arrest by advocating for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and participating in basic life support training courses as participants and instructors.
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