Updated Recommendations for Pediatric Resuscitation

The 2010 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Pediatric Task Force has updated the 2005 treatment recommendations for pediatric resuscitation. Highlights include the following:

• Initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if there are no signs of life and a pulse is not palpated within 10 seconds.

• Provide conventional CPR (chest compressions with rescue breathing).

• Compress at least one third of the anterior-posterior dimension of the chest.

• Consider using cuffed tracheal tubes in infants and young children; cuff pressure should not exceed 25 cm H₂O. Appropriate sized tubes by age are as follows:

— 3 mm for age ≤1 year

— 3.5 mm for age 1–2 years

— Age in years/4 + 3.5 mm for age >2 years

• Modify or discontinue cricoid pressure if it impe…