Implementation of Pit Crew Approach and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Metrics for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Improves Patient Survival and Neurological Outcome

Implementation of Pit Crew Approach and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Metrics for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Improves Patient Survival and Neurological Outcome

IntroductionSurvival from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) varies by community and emergency medical services (EMS) system. We hypothesized that the adoption of multiple best practices to focus EMS crews on high‐quality, minimally interrupted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) would improve su...

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Main Authors: Christy L. Hopkins, Chris Burk, Shane Moser, Jack Meersman, Clair Baldwin, Scott T. Youngquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiac arrest
emergency medical services
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.002892

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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.002892

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