Part 2. Adult Basic Life Support: 2015 Korean Guidelines For Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Asphyxial cardiac arrest is more common among children than in adults, and pediatric cardiac arrests result from gradual deterioration due to respiratory failure or sepsis rather than arrhythmic or structural disease itself [1]. Approximately 5% to 15% of all in-hospital and out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrests exhibit ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) at the time of diagnosis [2]. Approximately 25% of in-hospital cardiac arrests exhibit VF or pulseless VT, and the frequency of these patterns increases with age [3]. Therefore, it has been suggested that each hospital organize and maintain an acute response system or rapid response team to improve the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest [4].