Impact of Quality Improvement Bundle on Compliance with Resuscitation Guidelines during In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children

Table 1

Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) American Heart Association Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (reference [10]).

Parameters	PALS guidelines
CC rate	100–120 min
CC interruption	Ideally no interruption, if needed <10 sec
1st dose of epinephrine	Within 2 min of arrest
Subsequent dose of epinephrine	Every 3–5 min
Ventilation	ETT < 10 BPM, without ETT < 16 BPM
EtCO2 monitoring	Every minute
Vital signs (HR, BP, and RR)	Monitored every minute

CC = chest compressions; EtCO₂ = end-tidal carbon dioxide; HR = heart rate; BP = blood pressure; RR = respiratory rate.