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They're not little adults nor are they little aliens...

They're just kids.

Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (p-OHCA) is a terrifying case for any health care clinician.  In this two-part series, the But Why EMS Podcast team covers the evidence behind p-OHCA and the growing push to resuscitate on the scene with special guest

John Graham MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician Fellow.

Click here to check out the episode today!

Also, check out our sister podcast The Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast's February episode discussing the utility of Pediatric intraosseous needles in p-OHCA!

Thank you for listening!

Hawnwan Philip Moy MD

Gina Pellerito EMT-P

John Reagan EMT-P

Works Cited

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2. Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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   Artist: http://incompetech.com/

3. Eternal Hope by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

   Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100238

   Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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