Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review
Aim: Advanced life support courses have a clear educational impact; however, it is important to determine whether participation of one or more members of the resuscitation team in an accredited advanced life support course improves in-hospital cardiac arrest patient survival outcomes. Methods: We se...
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| author | Catherine Patocka Andrew Lockey Kasper G. Lauridsen Robert Greif |
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| description | Aim: Advanced life support courses have a clear educational impact; however, it is important to determine whether participation of one or more members of the resuscitation team in an accredited advanced life support course improves in-hospital cardiac arrest patient survival outcomes. Methods: We searched EMBASE.com, Medline, Cochrane and CINAHL from inception to 1 November 2022. Included studies were randomised or non-randomised interventional studies assessing the impact of attendance at accredited life support courses on patient outcomes. Accredited life support courses were classified into 3 contexts: Advanced Life Support (ALS), Neonatal Resuscitation Training (NRT), and Helping Babies Breathe (HBB). Existing systematic reviews were identified for each of the contexts and an adolopment process was pursued. Appropriate risk of bias assessment tools were used across all outcomes. When meta-analysis was appropriate a random-effects model was used to produce a summary of effect sizes for each outcome. Results: Of 2714 citations screened, 19 studies (1 ALS; 7 NRT; 11 HBB) were eligible for inclusion. Three systematic reviews which satisfied AMSTAR-2 criteria for methodological quality, included 16 of the studies we identified in our search. Among adult patients all outcomes including return of spontaneous circulation, survival to discharge and survival to 30 days were consistently better with accredited ALS training. Among neonatal patients there were reductions in stillbirths and early neonatal mortality. Conclusion: These results support the recommendation that accredited advanced life support courses, specifically Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Training, and Helping Babies Breathe improve patient outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4044790706be4eeea0a2d40fe6a2b7e22023-04-15T05:55:08ZengElsevierResuscitation Plus2666-52042023-06-0114100389Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic reviewCatherine Patocka0Andrew Lockey1Kasper G. Lauridsen2Robert Greif3Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Canada; Corresponding author at: Foothills Medical Center, room C-231 1403-29 STNW, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada.Department of Emergency Medicine, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, Halifax, UK; School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UKDepartment of Medicine, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark; Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USASchool of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria; University of Bern, Bern SwitzerlandAim: Advanced life support courses have a clear educational impact; however, it is important to determine whether participation of one or more members of the resuscitation team in an accredited advanced life support course improves in-hospital cardiac arrest patient survival outcomes. Methods: We searched EMBASE.com, Medline, Cochrane and CINAHL from inception to 1 November 2022. Included studies were randomised or non-randomised interventional studies assessing the impact of attendance at accredited life support courses on patient outcomes. Accredited life support courses were classified into 3 contexts: Advanced Life Support (ALS), Neonatal Resuscitation Training (NRT), and Helping Babies Breathe (HBB). Existing systematic reviews were identified for each of the contexts and an adolopment process was pursued. Appropriate risk of bias assessment tools were used across all outcomes. When meta-analysis was appropriate a random-effects model was used to produce a summary of effect sizes for each outcome. Results: Of 2714 citations screened, 19 studies (1 ALS; 7 NRT; 11 HBB) were eligible for inclusion. Three systematic reviews which satisfied AMSTAR-2 criteria for methodological quality, included 16 of the studies we identified in our search. Among adult patients all outcomes including return of spontaneous circulation, survival to discharge and survival to 30 days were consistently better with accredited ALS training. Among neonatal patients there were reductions in stillbirths and early neonatal mortality. Conclusion: These results support the recommendation that accredited advanced life support courses, specifically Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Training, and Helping Babies Breathe improve patient outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520423000322Advanced life supportCourseNeonatalAdultPatient outcome |
| spellingShingle | Catherine Patocka Andrew Lockey Kasper G. Lauridsen Robert Greif Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review Resuscitation Plus Advanced life support Course Neonatal Adult Patient outcome |
| title | Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review |
| title_full | Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review |
| title_short | Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review |
| title_sort | impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes a systematic review |
| topic | Advanced life support Course Neonatal Adult Patient outcome |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520423000322 |
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