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. 2022 Sep 17;181(12):4101–4109. doi: 10.1007/s00431-022-04625-2

What is Known:

• Infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (iCPR) is often poorly performed and skills decay within months after training.

• Regular iCPR skills updates are important, but the optimal retraining interval considering individual training needs has yet to be established.

What is New:

• Infant chest compression (iCC) competence can be achieved within one to four months after training and once achieved, it can be retained for many months.

• With skill reinforcement of up to 28 minutes after initial training, 90% of individuals were able to achieve competence in iCC and 86% retained this competence at follow-up.