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14 minute stationPaediatric Cardiac Arrest Following Submersion
Dispatch
Cat 1 — 4-year-old child pulled from garden pond, unresponsive, not breathing, parent performing rescue breaths.
On arrival
Child unresponsive, apnoeic, cyanosed, parent giving rescue breaths as instructed by call handler. No pulse palpable.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Water suctioned, airway opened with head tilt/chin lift
- Breathing
- Apnoeic
- Rhythm
- On the monitor — interpret the strip below
- Pulse
- Absent
- Weight (estimated)
- 16 kg
- Temp
- 34.2 °C
Monitor, lead II — paediatric pads applied
Interpret the trace yourself — the mark sheet expects your rate, rhythm, axis and ST analysis, not a written finding.