When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

Coach presence on code teams is significantly increased following a quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coach training intervention within a pediatric intensive care unit, according to a study ...

Staging mock cardiac and respiratory arrests -- "code" situations in hospital parlance -- easily expose common failures in rapid response with CPR and other life-saving care for children and also set ...