Abstract
These European Resuscitation Council Paediatric Life Support (PLS) guidelines, are
based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science
with Treatment Recommendations. This section provides guidelines on the management
of critically ill infants and children, before, during and after cardiac arrest.
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