Addressing the pediatric emergency is a very complex situation for any type of rescuers, medical and health, this is because the characteristics of children are extremely peculiar not only from the point of view of the pathophysiology, clinical evaluation and rapidly changing for the worse but also for the prompt response to an intervention that is extremely rapid early.
It is crucial the role that each of us can play when you are in front of a child or infant who has one or more vital functions compromised.
The maneuvers required to intervene are those that mark our progress. The main objective is the prevention of brain damage and heart damage resulting from a respiratory arrest; This is achieved through alternating assessments and act which supports heart function and the respiratory awaiting the arrival of advanced rescue.
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