RT Journal
A1 Fortenberry JD
T1 REsuscitation and stabilization of the critically ill child
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD December 1
VO 304
IS 21
SP 2417
OP 2418
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.1744
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1744
AB 
Attending to the ABCs of resuscitating a critically ill child can be one of the most stressful yet satisfying interventions in medicine. For many practitioners, including general pediatricians and adult or emergency medicine physicians, exposure to such scenarios is thankfully uncommon. Physicians and trainees in other specialties need to develop the ability to manage the care of these children but often lack the available pediatric expertise in addition to decreased experience in a pediatric setting. Understanding the anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults is a key principle in effective management of these patients.