Why is the survival rate for paediatric patients who are found in cardiac arrest lower than that of adult patients who are found in cardiac arrest?
A. CPR is not as effective in paediatric patients.
B. Adult patient have stronger hearts that are easier to restart.
C. The arrest typically occurs after a longer period of hypoxemia in children.
D. EMTs are less experienced at treating paediatric arrests.
Answer: C. The arrest typically occurs after a longer period of hypoxemia in children.
As the young patient becomes more and more hypoxic and acidotic, the heart ill eventually fail, and the patient will slip into cardiac arrest. Even with early and appropriate resuscitation, cardiac arrest survival rates for children are much lower then those for adults because the arrest typically occurred after a long period of hypoxemia, acidosis, and ventilators insufficiency.
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