This document provides links to various resources for improving outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest, including a 10 step approach for improving survival, AHA guidelines on resuscitation quality improvement, toolkits, and presentations on ideal cardiac arrest systems of care, issues in out-of-hospital resuscitation, the science behind chest compressions, EMS roles, dispatcher-assisted CPR, citizen CPR education, law enforcement defibrillation, and improving access to defibrillators. Videos are also linked to demonstrate community CPR programs and training.
Resources for the "Challenging Sudden Death: A Comprehensive Approach for Improving Outcomes" Conference
1. Resources for the Challenging Sudden Death: A Comprehensive Approach
for Improving Outcomes Conference
Here are links to the content along with other resources that you may
find of use:
Ten Steps for Improving Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest:
http://www.resuscitationacademy.com/index.php/ebook/
AHA RQI site:
http://www.heart.org/cprquality
Resuscitation Academy Toolkits:
http://www.resuscitationacademy.com/index.php/toolkit/
AHA Science:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/Science/Science_UCM_001125_Sub
HomePage.jsp
Presentations
Ideal Cardiac Arrest System of Care:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/oohca-system-of-care
Current issues in OOH Resuscitation:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/15-issues-in-resuscitation
Resuscitation Science Review:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/science-behind-chest-compressions
EMS Ownership of Out of Hospital SCA:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/ownership-of-ooh-sca
Dispatcher Assisted- Telecommunicator CPR:
http://prezi.com/_es9ffpseqfn/dispatcher-assisted-
cocpr/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Citizen Education and Hands-Only CPR:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/citizen-33599672
Law Enforcement Agency Defibrillation:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/law-enforcement-role-in-response-to-
sudden-cardiac-arrest
2. Improving Early Defibrillation Strategies:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/improving-access-to-defibrillators
Introduction to High Performance CPR:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/hp-cpr-short or
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/hp-cpr
Measuring CPR Fractions:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/cpr-fractions
Effective Debriefing and RQI:
http://www.slideshare.net/Hiltz/debriefing-and-cardiac-arrest-quality-
improvement-16810748
Data Collection and Cardiac Arrest Registries:
http://prezi.com/frab0a4hytso/cares-cardiac-arrest-registry-to-
enhance-survival/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Some Videos
Coon Rapids “Be the Help”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9XeG7wCPk
Telluride CPR PSA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtggIoDgs_E
PulsePoint app:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ru4Link7U
SFAACN Hands-Only Event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjWsXWCuAA
AHA Hands-Only CPR (instructional video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8iU3Mtblho