Paediatric Cardiac Arrest with Paul Banerjee. Paediatric Series Part 3

Today, we're diving into one of the most challenging scenarios
any EMS provider faces: paediatric cardiac arrest. The figures
are challenging, with only a 4.9% survival rate for infants and
neurologically intact survival rates as low as 1-4% nationally.
These calls have long been considered to have poor outcomes.


But what if I told you that one fire department completely
rewrote the playbook and achieved neurologically intact survival
rates of 46%? What if they did it by breaking conventional rules
and staying on scene longer, not shorter?


Today, we're joined by Medical Director Paul Banerjee from Polk
County Fire Rescue in Florida, where they've transformed
paediatric cardiac arrest outcomes through changing the protocols
that challenge everything we thought we knew about pre-hospital
resuscitation. From their "NO/NO/GO" dispatch system to
permissive hypercarbia post-intubation, from mechanical CPR to
aggressive on-scene airway management, Polk County has proven
that with the right approach, we can dramatically improve
outcomes in this patient cohort.





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