The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.

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The recommendations are published today simultaneously in the journals of each organization, Circulation and Pediatrics. The publication in Pediatrics focuses on resuscitation of children following ...