This is the current release of the guideline.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policies are reviewed every 3 years by the authoring body, at which time a recommendation is made that the policy be retired, revised, or reaffirmed without change. Until the Board of Directors approves a revision or reaffirmation, or retires a statement, the current policy remains in effect.

Conditions requiring life support

Prevention

Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Pediatrics
Preventive Medicine

Advanced Practice Nurses
Health Care Providers
Nurses
Physician Assistants
Physicians

To provide recommendations for pediatricians in advocating life support training courses for patients and the public

Parents, the public, and health care professionals, especially those caring for children

Patient/parent education regarding life support training

Survival

Searches of Electronic Databases

Not stated

Not stated

Expert Consensus (Committee)

Not applicable

Systematic Review

Not stated

Not stated

Not applicable

A formal cost analysis was not performed and published cost analyses were not reviewed.

Peer Review

Not stated

1. Pediatricians should promote parental education in pediatric basic life support. Families of children with special health care needs, neonatal intensive care unit graduates, children who have ready access to water, or children who are active in water sports should be especially encouraged to undergo training and should be assisted in obtaining access to the training.
2. Pediatricians should encourage and collaborate with parents to promote basic life support training for adolescents, parents, caregivers, school personnel, youth leaders, and coaches to build the "chain of survival" in the community.
3. Basic life support training for the aforementioned groups should be advocated in policy advisory discussions at all governmental levels with a goal of making the training readily available and affordable.
4. Pediatricians and pediatric subspecialty providers should lead by example by taking and teaching basic life support training courses.

None provided

The type of supporting evidence is not specifically stated for each recommendation.

Immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for victims of cardiac arrest improves survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Pediatricians will improve the chance of survival of children and adults who experience cardiac arrest by advocating for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and participating in basic life support training courses as participants and instructors.

Not stated

An implementation strategy was not provided.

Staying Healthy

Effectiveness
Patient-centeredness

Not applicable: The guideline was not adapted from another source.

2004 Dec

American Academy of Pediatrics - Medical Specialty Society

American Academy of Pediatrics

Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2002-2003: *Jane F. Knapp, MD, Chairperson; Thomas Bojko, MD; Margaret A. Dolan, MD; Ronald A. Furnival, MD; Steven E. Krug, MD; Deborah Mulligan-Smith, MD; Richard M. Ruddy, MD; Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCE

*Lee A. Pyles, MD, Past Committee Member

Liaisons: Jane Ball, RN, DrPH, EMSC National Resource Center; Kathleen Brown, MD, National Association of EMS Physicians; Dan Kavanaugh, MSW, Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Sharon E. Mace, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians; David W. Tuggle, MD, American College of Surgeons

Staff: Susan Tellez

* Lead authors

Not stated

This is the current release of the guideline.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policies are reviewed every 3 years by the authoring body, at which time a recommendation is made that the policy be retired, revised, or reaffirmed without change. Until the Board of Directors approves a revision or reaffirmation, or retires a statement, the current policy remains in effect.

None available

This NGC summary was completed by ECRI on February 4, 2005. The information was verified by the guideline developer on March 15, 2005.

This NGC summary is based on the original guideline, which is subject to the guideline developer's copyright restrictions. Please contact the Permissions Editor, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.