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The European Resuscitation Council's paediatric life support course 'Advanced Paediatric Life Support'. 2000

B M Phillips, and K Mackway-Jones, and F Jewkes

Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Eaton Rd., Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.

The poor outcome for resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest in childhood is widely recognised. The European Resuscitation Council has adopted the Advanced Paediatric Life Support course (originating in the UK and now available in a number of countries) as its course for providers caring for children. This paper outlines the course content and explains its remit, which is to reduce avoidable deaths in childhood by not only resuscitation from cardiac arrest but, more effectively, by recognising and treating in a timely and effective fashion life-threatening illness and injury in infants and children. Two related courses Paediatric Life Support, a less intense course for less advanced providers, and Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support for immediate care providers are also described.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010371	Pediatric Nursing	The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care.	Children and Young People's Nursing,Nursing, Pediatric,Nursings, Pediatric,Pediatric Nursings
D011786	Quality Control	A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D012151	Resuscitation	The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Resuscitations
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003479	Curriculum	A course of study offered by an educational institution.	Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D005060	Europe	The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN.	Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000078329	Workforce	The number of people working or available for work or service.	Human Resources,Labor Supply,Manpower,Staffing,Womanpower,Human Resource,Labor Supplies,Manpowers,Staffings,Supply, Labor,Womanpowers,Workforces
D013663	Teaching	A formal and organized process of transmitting knowledge to a person or group.	Teaching Method,Training Activity,Training Technique,Academic Training,Educational Technics,Educational Techniques,Pedagogy,Teaching Methods,Technics, Educational,Techniques, Educational,Training Activities,Training Technics,Training Techniques,Activities, Training,Activity, Training,Educational Technic,Educational Technique,Method, Teaching,Methods, Teaching,Pedagogies,Technic, Educational,Technic, Training,Technics, Training,Technique, Educational,Technique, Training,Techniques, Training,Training Technic,Training, Academic
D022561	Advanced Cardiac Life Support	The use of sophisticated methods and equipment to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) includes the use of specialized equipment to maintain the airway, early defibrillation and pharmacological therapy.	Cardiac Life Support, Advanced,Life Support, Advanced Cardiac