Treating Kids Like Little Adults: Challenging the Dogma of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest with Peter Antevy

01/02/2023 30 min
Treating Kids Like Little Adults: Challenging the Dogma of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest with Peter Antevy

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Pediatric emergencies are scary – and pediatric cardiac arrest tops the list of those scary scenes. There are thousands of pediatric cardiac arrests in the U.S. every year; 11.4% survive to hospital discharge – but only 5% of those children are neurologically intact. How can emergency physicians overcome these statistics? After spending a couple decades honing his PEM skills, Peter Antevy, MD, has narrowed down some key tips he shares with EMRA*Cast host Chris Reilly, MD.