The American Heart Association (AHA) 2020 guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care are evidence-based recommendations for managing emergency cardiovascular events in adults, neonates, and the pediatric population. The 2020 guidelines are an updated version of the 2015 AHA guidelines, with a newer management algorithm. The updated version emphasizes practicing positive pressure ventilation (PPV), cardiac arrest chain of survival, and modification in assisted ventilation rate timing. Key highlights Umbilical cord clamping should be delayed for uncomplicated full-term and pre-term neonates.
It can be monitored during the assessment of breathing, tone, and other assessment of the infant. In the case of newborns who require life support after birth, inflation and ventilation of the lungs should be given priority. Heart rate monitoring should be…
