Bystander CPR for paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Jesús López-Herce a

, Angel Carrillo Álvarez a

Tetsuhisa Kitamura and colleagues' study 1 in The Lancet today is the largest that has analysed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children. Overall survival was 9% and only 3% of children had a good neurological outcome, as has been reported before. 2—5 The prognosis does not seem to have improved much despite advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Today's study also confirms that early bystander-initiated CPR is one of the fundamental factors to improve prognosis, in adults 6 and children. 5 In ...

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