Decline in Rescue Breathing and Its Impact on Outcomes in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Drowning: A Nationwide Study, 2012-2023
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The authors aimed to investigate the impact of declining rescue breathing practices on outcomes in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to drowning, particularly in the context of increasing adoption of compression-only CPR (CO-CPR). Their analysis of nationwide data revealed that CO-CPR was associated with higher 30-day mortality and worse neurological outcomes compared to rescue-breathing CPR (RB-CPR), especially in unwitnessed arrests. These findings highlight the critical role of rescue breathing in improving survival and neurological health in pediatric drowning cases.
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