Pediatric Basic Life Support – 2025 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (2025) Benny L. Joyner Jr, MD, MPH

Description

This publication presents the 2025 guidelines for basic life support during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care of the pediatric patient (excluding the newborn infant). Incorporating structured evidence reviews, the guidelines detail updates for lay rescuers and health care professionals on topics such as the elimination of 2-finger chest compressions in infants, immediate AED use, and revised procedures for managing severe foreign-body airway obstruction.