Training inadequate in paediatric resuscitation

EDITOR, - Concern has been expressed about the standards of training of senior house officers.1 I recently completed a six month post as a senior house officer in paediatrics and neonatal care and was surprised by the lack of emphasis on resuscitation training. To see if this was the case in Britain generally I sent a questionnaire to the on call paediatric senior house officer covering the labour ward at 100 hospitals (about one third of all units in …