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Mock CPR 'codes' expose weaknesses in hospital emergency response for children

Staging mock cardiac and respiratory arrests -- "code" situations in hospital parlance -- easily expose common failures in rapid response with CPR and other life-saving care for children and also set up powerful incentives to sharpen emergency skills and move fast to use them, suggests a study from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

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