Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although health care providers are trained for pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses, there is a gap between training and performance. Pediatrics residents do not feel adequately prepared for these events outside of PALS, and multiple studies show that the skills developed during PALS progressively decline reaching pretest levels in 1-2 years. Studies done in Children’s hospitals show that this gap can be bridged by periodic mannequin simulation sessions. They also report an overall increase in readiness to codes …

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