The odds on whether a child survives a cardiac arrest may depend on where they live, according to a new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
This study found that certain social factors that influence health are associated with lower odds of children receiving CPR, application of automated external defibrillators and surviving after experiencing a cardiac arrest. These factors include socioeconomic or poverty status, education level and minority racial makeup.
Bystanders performed CPR on children in about 62% of cases and used AEDs in about 23% of cases. Only 21% of children survived, and survival was lowest in communities with lower education levels, higher rates of poverty and high racial or ethnic minority prevalence. In addition, building educational programs may help those most at risk of seeing or experiencing a pediatric cardiac arrest. These programs would offer CPR and AED training as well as targeted interventions.
Social determinants of health and their associations with outcomes in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A national study of the NEMSIS databaseThe sooner a lay rescuer starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...
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