The 4H and 4T Pediatric Early Acute Support in the Deteriorating Child: Competent Staff Instead Experts Facing the New Threats, and New Approaches Can Reduce Mortality – Experience in Guatemala
Abstract:Pediatric advanced life support courses provide widespread education on recognizing and treating cardiac arrest in children. Their main goal is to teach the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) sequence and improve early recognition and treatment of leading causes for better survival rates. Initially, there were four “H” and four “T” conditions, but now 12 are recognized. The 12 reversible conditions, categorized as “H’s” and “T’s,” consist of seven starting with “H” and five starting with “T.” The “H’s” includ… Show more
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