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This expert-driven, interactive, and hands-on airway management workshop will challenge you to try a variety of advanced airway techniques to maximize airway control and ventilation when managing sudden cardiac arrest. Review recent advances in airway management, practice advanced techniques such as video laryngoscopy, learn utility of ultrasound in airway management, and increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest.

Telephone CPR (T-CPR), where call-takers provide CPR instructions and coaching to 9-1-1 callers who witness or encounter an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), is independently associated with improved patient outcomes. Please join the experts of the Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education (SHARE) Program and Helge Myklebust to examine the relationship between 9-1-1 callers and call-takers. These parties form the first link in the Chain of Survival and must understand each other’s roles and responsibilities if they are to give OHCA patients the best chance of survival. Callers should be prepared to answer two questions to assess the patient’s status: “Is the patient conscious?” and “Is the patient breathing normally?” Call-takers, in turn, should be prepared to calmly assert themselves to control calls and to provide continuous CPR coaching to lay rescuers on scene. Such coaching can serve as real-time audio feedback that can create and maintain good bystander CPR quality until professional rescuers assume care.

The organization and management of modern hospital code programs has become a fairly complex task. This 8-hour certificate program is designed to prepare physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to organize and implement hospital and community-wide resuscitation programs. The program will include; organizing code committees and code teams, maintaining infrastructure, integrating key elements including ultrasound, therapeutic hypothermia, post resuscitation PCI, and ECMO, provider training, conducting mock codes, and comprehensive CQI. A must program for Hospital Code Teams Chairs!

The highly-respected “Eagles “consortium, a de facto coalition of the jurisdictional EMS (9-1-1 system) medical directors from the nation’s largest cities, regularly present distinct challenges to accepted practice. With creative approaches to problem-solving, they have routinely changed worldwide practices. In this session, several of the “Eagles” will report on some of the latest discussions from this cutting-edge group.

This workshop will cover steps to organizing large-scale, mass-CPR training events. From identifying locations, equipment and community partners to mobilizing staff and volunteers, attendees will learn the basics of how to pull off large-scale CPR trainings. This workshop will be interactive and give participants practical advice, as well as motivate them to start planning their own training upon returning home.

This session will focus on how to develop and implement a school based CPR / AED training and CERP program. The presentation will identify partners, key stakeholders, funding opportunities, pitfalls, successes, and lessons learned.

If you teach CPR you can stop the bleed! Attendees will learn bleeding control in order to teach as an add-on to their CPR training, or as a standalone course. The material is tailored to the lay responder as recommended by the White House’s “Stop the Bleed Campaign”. This campaign is a federal initiative that aims to save lives and build resiliency in our communities, specifically on hemorrhage control.

Town Hall Meeting to hear the latest on the progress of the national Cardiac Arrest Collaborative.

In a characteristic entertaining, envelope-pushing talk, Dr. Paul Pepe, a vanguard resuscitation scientist for the past four decades, will present his latest vision for several evolving concepts in cardio-cerebral resuscitation. After detailing key caveats regarding how we arrived at our conventional wisdom and current understanding of CPR practices, he will then reconcile those with certain innovative approaches that may significantly change what we do today, giving a vision of what we may be teaching and practicing in the not too distant future.

Join us for a spellbinding first-hand account through a survivor and rescuer’s eyes. Leading resuscitation experts and CPR champions, Drs. Joe Ornato and Mimi Peberdy will inspire you with their heroic and personal E-CPR story, revealing what it was like to be saved by the amazing system of care they created in Richmond! Beyond the mechanics of resuscitation…come be inspired!

Several hundred thousand more lives could be saved every year by widespread implementation of best practice training and therapy in treating patients suffering from sudden cardiac arrest, severe trauma and life-threatening complications during birth. This presentation will review some global programs and partnerships that can significantly contribute to this.

Telephone CPR (T-CPR) isn’t a binary approach – on or off, do it or don’t do it. In fact, implementing an impactful telephone CPR program requires leaders to consider multiple factors such as culture, training, technology and process. In this session, leaders from Seattle and King County (WA) and the Arizona SHARE Program share practical suggestions for implementing an effective and lifesaving T-CPR program. Using a maturity model to describe the implementation journey, the faculty provide a clear road map for improving no matter if you’re just getting started or an experienced emergency call center looking to optimize your performance.

This session is a follow up to the general session of the same name to allow audience participation. Interact with the experts, ask questions and provide suggestions that have been successful in your community!

Quick team assembly and code blue management will improve patient outcomes if a resuscitation team consists of predetermined healthcare staff, which are assigned specific code blue tasks, and have extensive training in those tasks. This session reviews the evidence based practice as it pertains to a resuscitation team’s role delineation, training to those specific roles and to leadership/communication / teamwork enhancement strategies.

In 2015, we conducted landmark research that reveals a significant lack of public awareness/understanding of SCA and the urgency for CPR/AED intervention. When exposed to a clear definition of SCA, interest in learning CPR/AED skills increases dramatically. Hear how in 2017, we build upon learnings with national quantitative / qualitative research to investigate messaging strategies that resonate and move the public to action.

This session will describe the results of a pilot study conducted among sudden cardiac arrest survivors and their loved ones, exploring their psycho-social perceptions of life in the aftermath of cardiac arrest. It will also propose interventions and resources that can meet the needs of survivors, their loved ones, and the larger support system.

Community responders come in all shapes and sizes, some with long fingernails, some living far away from EMS. This crossover study compared Two-Finger (TF) v. Two-Thumb-Hand Encircling (TT) compression techniques. Learn the pros and cons of each as well as the benefits of Community Participatory Research approach to lower infant mortality in a vulnerable community.

This presentation will offer the history of the HeartSafe Committee of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District (SRVFPD) along with an overview of our 7th grade “Hands Only” CPR and AED training program. Learn about how this component of the Physical Education curriculum of the San Ramon Valley School District (SRVSD) has resulted in 3,000 7th graders being instructed per year since 2013.

This session will describe and discuss the latest science relating to clinical resuscitation with an emphasis on applying these discoveries to high-performance regional systems of resuscitation.

The Workplace Health Achievement Index assesses policies and programs that support heart health in the workplace. Data will be presented on how comprehensive workplace health programs based on culture of health best practices can improve the heart health, productivity, and engagement of the workforce.

An education mission of the North Georgia Heart Foundation is to teach Hands-Only CPR and AED use to as many people as possible. Since August 2014, with help from nursing students, EMT students, and the Northeast Georgia Regional STEMI System, NGHF has helped train more than 11,000 people at schools, businesses, and community organizations and events in these important life-saving techniques.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Mexico has attracted interest in the last changes of 2015 in quality CPR by AHA, which has made different training to improve survival rates in the country with the best hospital and prehospital institutions.

We’ll use a case study approach to explore the critical link between CPR/AED education and SCA survival. Improved survival rates can be found in large EMS systems on the cutting edge of cardiac arrest research and response. However, many of those ‘best practices’ are more difficult to implement in rural areas where access to EMS is sometimes prolonged and/or limited.

The so-called “Eagles” Coalition (medical directors of the largest U.S. EMS Systems) have been designing / promoting effective prehospital resuscitative strategies that have consistently advanced emergency cardiovascular care worldwide. Perennially, one of the most popular day-long tracks, the Eagles always generate active audience discussion with creative approaches that not only routinely change management practices, but also inspire attendees to do the same!

This debate-style presentation will summarize the results of the clinical trials involving mechanical CPR within the context of the pitfalls and opportunities of real-world implementation. The session will provide useful context for stakeholders to consider if and how mechanical CPR may be integrated in care to improve resuscitation.

Leaders from the Citizen CPR Foundation’s Task Force on SCA in Youth will highlight and discuss recommendations for successful implementation of comprehensive CPR-AED programs in schools. Learn about multiple resources available to support program implementation.

Leaders from the the Citizen CPR Foundation’s Task Force on SCA in Youth will highlight and discuss strategies and policies to ensure all students in all 50 states have equal opportunity to be trained in CPR prior to high school graduation.

Simulation is a structured educational experience. Creating a simulation involves educational goals, scenario creation, preparation, providing the simulation experience, debriefing, and simulation improvement. This presentation will walk participants through the steps of creating a simulation. Participants are encouraged to come to the presentation with their own simulation concept that they want to develop.

What is the latest in resuscitation science? This fast-paced presentation will provide an overview of the latest research in the field of resuscitation science. We will discuss the latest in airway management, BLS, ACLS, and post-arrest management. We’ll also include considerations of how the research will affect practice and what it means to the practitioner in the field or hospital.

This session will provide an overview of how to create and implement a comprehensive emergency response plan. Learn about the role the emergency response plan plays in business continuity, and best practices for organization, development, and deployment of a fully-functional medical emergency response team (MERT).

This case study will walk you through the entire Chain of Survival from time of recognition and call to 911, bystander CPR, rapid defibrillation by police, effective advanced life support and integrated post cardiac arrest care. The patient had a total downtime of less than 60 minutes from cardiac arrest till 100% re-perfusion and discharged neurologically intact 7 days later.

A series of specific examples that highlight agencies that have used data to drive change and improve outcomes and/or specific targeted metrics. This will include actual data and how it was used.

We have created a virtual reality sudden cardiac arrest system that includes a head mounted wearable and a CPR manikin to provide a multisensory training experience. The system can be programmed to accurately illustrate any number of neighborhoods where trainees walk around a simulated neighborhood, acquire assistance from simulated bystanders, call 911, use an AED and perform CPR.

Dr. Mancini will review the data available about in-hospital CPR and look at the evidence behind the current recommendations from the AHA on the performance of high-quality CPR. Methods to promote and improve the effectiveness of CPR in hospitals will be discussed, and Dr. Mancini will provide takeaway points nurses can immediately apply at the bedside. A question-and-answer period will conclude her presentation.

The majority of adults suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have an underlying coronary artery problem, often an acute coronary occlusion. The role of the cath lab in their successful resuscitation and post arrest care will be discussed. The future of a ‘scoop and run’ paradigm shift to facilitate a hyper-invasive approach for some patients will be explored.

The so-called “Eagles” Coalition (medical directors of the largest U.S. EMS Systems) have been designing/promoting effective prehospital resuscitative strategies that have consistently advanced emergency cardiovascular care worldwide. Perennially, one of the most popular day-long tracks, the Eagles always generate active audience discussion with creative approaches that not only routinely change management practices, but also inspire attendees to do the same!

Hospital resuscitation events are challenging for numerous reasons; varied levels of experience, teams don’t always know each other, and the issues of crowd control. Mock codes are an effective way for a hospital to evaluate the response to resuscitation events and identify system and training issues. This presentation will focus on the steps needed to implement mock codes.

How can we realistically achieve a comprehensive culture change to greatly increase SCA survival? This presentation discusses a framework and tools for change, based on practical social science research, proven internationally to solve problems in such diverse fields as SCA response, hospital acquired infections, criminal recidivism, etc. We also include tools for effective accountability discussions when people don’t meet expectations.

CPR quality varies considerably and skills deteriorate over time. Investigations suggest that frequent training may improve CPR skills. This presentation will incorporate a review of CPR quality, and examples of skill deterioration. From there, it will discuss methods to improve CPR skill deterioration in laypersons. Examples will include well-vetted text and visuals as well as findings from our previous investigation.

This presentation highlights the challenges and progress to date of the US HeartRescue Consortium, a collective striving to improve care for OHCA. The Consortium includes 15 states that are working to achieve comprehensive statewide participation to measure and improve resuscitation. The experience provides a wealth of lessons-learned as stakeholders work to engage community, EMS, and hospitals across diverse systems.

In the workplace we have made fantastic strides with CPR and AEDs over the past decade, but what about first aid? This session will explore the need for a balanced approach to assessment within first aid education and how bleeding control, including the need for hemorrhage control kits next to the AEDs, should be more than just a consideration.

Project ADAM is a resource to schools that helped with implementation of cardiac emergency preparedness across Wisconsin. This presentation will highlight the ways that this grassroots organization better organized its volunteer workforce, leveraged its limited resources to expand services for schools, advocated for public policy, developed new community partnerships, and secured philanthropic funding in 2016.

Update on the progress of the NIH/CDC SDY Case Registry including lessons learned, data and next steps.

There are several national campaigns that the average citizen can recall and recite – why not cardiac arrest? We all know to “stop, drop and roll”, so let’s work together to come up with a solution to engage our government in creating a “Start the Beat” campaign to encourage bystander CPR and early AED use.

The so-called “Eagles” Coalition (medical directors of the largest U.S. EMS Systems) have been designing/promoting effective prehospital resuscitative strategies that have consistently advanced emergency cardiovascular care worldwide. Perennially, one of the most popular day-long tracks, the Eagles always generate active audience discussion with creative approaches that not only routinely change management practices, but also inspire attendees to do the same!

This session is a follow up to the general session of the same name to allow audience participation. Interact with the experts, ask questions and provide suggestions that have been successful in your community!

Leaders from the Citizen CPR Foundation’s Task Force on SCA in Youth will present a web-based toolkit featuring community and school programs, scientific articles, legislative initiatives and other resources that will help move the needle in survival from SCA in youth.

Point – counterpoint presentation analyzes the evolution and components of resuscitation training programs. How have we evaluated the effectiveness of these programs? Have courses changed to keep pace with clinical advances, optimized learning outcomes, or both? Are participant reactions, learning, behavior and results driving instructional design and delivery – or are we shooting in the dark hoping for a hit?

Pediatric cardiologist Dr. Joe Rossano will discuss the critical need for improving survival in children with chronic heart disease.

When it comes to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), the workplace is a unique setting that includes key features that distinguish it from other settings. This session will highlight these features, review the importance of having AEDs in the workplace, and discuss the development of emergency plans to address the possibility of SCA onsite.

This program will address the role of first aid and CPR in the workplace, first aid compliance, best practices, and the impact a workplace first aid and CPR program can have on survival of sudden cardiac arrest.

SCA has a significant impact on survivors and their families. Finding ways to utilize their experiences and share with others can help the healing process and motivate others to improve health, be better prepared for emergencies, and create awareness. Learn how others have taken their experience and created speaking programs, promoted education, and become citizen activists for improving heart health awareness.

On arrival, you note that your patient has facial droop and your mind immediately goes to a working diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. Are you assessing enough by just doing the F.A.S.T. exam? We will discuss additional types of evaluation which may pick up different aspects of stroke.

This session will focus on the challenges of improving your cardiac arrest resuscitation response. While the elements of resuscitation science and training are reasonably well understood, programmatic implementation remains a large challenge. Learn from experts and come away with a strategy to improve cardiac arrest survival in your community.

Over 30,000 people in the UK every year suffer a cardiac arrest outside hospital and less than 10% survive. If a bystander starts CPR immediately the chances of survival double. On October 18th, 2016 the Resuscitation Council (UK), British Heart Foundation and other agencies together with all 14 UK ambulance Trusts came together to create ‘Restart a Heart Day’ with volunteers training young people CPR in schools, hospitals and community groups across the country. Learn about what worked well, pitfalls to avoid, and lessons learned in the organizing and staging of the event, the largest ever UK CPR training initiative of its kind creating 150,581 more lifesavers in the UK.

This session is a follow up to the general session of the same name to allow audience participation. Interact with the experts, ask questions and provide suggestions that have been successful in your community!

High-quality CPR is the primary component influencing outcomes following a cardiac arrest, although few hospitals are tracking metrics. This course outlines the development of a dedicated simulation-based code team training course that focuses on CPR quality and other gaps in performance, which resulted in improved translational outcomes.

This session is a follow up to the general session of the same name to allow audience participation. Interact with the experts, ask questions and provide suggestions that have been successful in your community!

In situ simulations provide educators an opportunity to address quality of basic / advanced life support delivered in hospitals. We will provide participants with strategies on how to select and use metrics to address critical resuscitation education gaps identified through in situ simulations. We will address utilization of metrics, review best practices related to resuscitation education and address solutions related to barriers of implementation.

Survival of in-hospital cardiac arrest remains dismal at 25%. The literature suggests good quality CPR, early defibrillation with minimal pre and post shock pauses make a difference in outcomes. Faculty will discuss how the use of post-event review utilizing feedback on compression rate, depth, pauses and shocks can make a difference in CPR quality.

We will present statistics on by stander CPR in neighborhoods of distinct racial composition, underscore health care disparities, present option for community organizing to increase bystander CPR. A national call to action to globally increase by-stander CPR.

A Smartphone Application for CPR measurement and feedback for lay people has been developed. The Application uses the front camera and signal processing to estimate CPR performance, and has been tested under a range of conditions, and compared to manikin data. The overall results provide an acceptable estimation of bystander compression rate, number of compressions and time without compressions.

Implementation research that describes how successfully resuscitation guidelines are translated into practice are lacking. We will describe how community-based initiatives being conducted as part of the Minnesota HeartSafe Communities program increase the delivery of CPR and use of automated external defibrillators (AED) by lay persons and first responders prior to ambulance arrival.

Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) depends upon each link in the adult Chain of Survival. Data submitted to the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) database indicates large discrepancies among Chicago area hospitals in adherence to guideline recommended therapies for survivors of OHCA. CARES report cards provide hospitals insight into current performance and areas for improvement.

Whereas instructors have preferred teaching styles, students process and comprehend information through different learning styles. An effective instructor can blend a variety of teaching styles with the learning styles present in the classroom. This presentation will provide tips for targeting the various learning styles to facilitate the development of critical thinking skills necessary for effective CPR and resuscitation training.

CPR class time keeps getting shorter, but our expectations for student performance remain high. Get the most out your students’ time with strategies for running small team practices during scheduled class time. This presentation is also for instructor trainers who want to help instructor candidates learn scenario facilitation skills.

This is an account of a quaternary care hospital’s preparation and delivery of cardiac arrest education that is based on the role of the provider. Tailored education and simulations aimed at the learners’ needs, based on their various roles, will culminate in interprofessional simulations that result in improved bedside application to reach the common end goal of ROSC.

High Quality CPR Improves Outcomes: How can you maintain competency?

This session will cover overall best practices, implementation considerations and research gaps associated with resuscitation education strategies.

Digital strategy expert Marion Leary will present how technology can enhance EMS systems and help improve survival rates. This will be followed by presentations by the 3 finalists in the PulsePoint competition on why they should be eligible for the donation of the PulsePoint *Respond* app. A panel of judges will ask questions and the winner will be announced at the last plenary on Friday.

Chief Price was eating lunch when someone nearby collapsed in cardiac arrest. But Price didn’t do CPR – because he didn’t know anyone needed help until after EMS arrived. So Price created an app called PulsePoint, which communication centers use to alert nearby citizens. In this session, Price will show how the foundation is helping communities engage the public and save lives.

This session will focus on the use of case scenarios to discuss the pathophysiology of blunt cardiac trauma, how to recognize it, and current clinical practice guidelines on how to manage it. By the end of the session, participants will have a broader differential diagnosis in both trauma patients and patients presenting with cardiac complaints.

When it comes to the emotional response of a significant life event, the range of experiences can vary greatly. We will discuss consistencies in symptoms and chronology of survivor recovery, and identify ways in which we can use this data to offer better resources and support to those affected by SCA.

This session will summarize best practices, implementation considerations, and knowledge gaps in regards to repetitive practice, spaced learning, and contextual learning from AHA’s Education Summit.

Overview of the CARES Database and discussion on how it can drive changes to improve survival.

1st Rescue, Inc. is a Florida start-up company building software and leveraging existing drone hardware to rapidly deliver our Tele-MedKits from fire stations to emergency events. We will show how our VideoCap, third party bio-sensor patches, AEDs, etc. will provide 911 operators with remote “eyes-on” and telemetry to improve instructions and outcomes with bystanders.

GotAED is a crowdfunding website dedicated to getting AED devices into youth related facilities. It launched in December 2016. This new platform will fill a void and provide schools, community center and sports organizations with the tools they need to solicit support and acquire a lifesaving device.

The ACT Foundation is a national, charitable organization in Canada that donates mannequins and AED training units to high schools for implementation of CPR and AED programs. Presenters will share innovative ideas and approaches to fundraising for CPR and AED program start-up resources for schools. Approaches focus on a community-based model supporting a self-sustaining program.

Developing and implementing a school based CPR/AED training and CERP program. The presentation will identify partners, key stake holders, funding opportunities, pitfalls and successes learned.

CPR training in public schools enjoys wide support from a variety of organizations committed to improving survival following cardiac arrest. However, concern remains at the local level on how to implement this training. This presentation will examine the available evidence in support of school-based CPR instruction and perhaps debunk some commonly perceived obstacles to implementing CPR training in schools.

As the importance of dispatcher-assisted CPR becomes increasingly clear, new guidelines and recommendations are being proposed for improving dispatchers’ hands-on-chest time. This presentation presents best practices for applying the new standards, measuring dispatch-assisted hands-on-chest time, and improving both time to hands-on-chest and the percentage of cardiac arrest calls receiving dispatcher-assisted CPR. Hear about case studies and research findings to support the recommendations.

In-hospital code blue events are quite different than those in the EMS and emergency room settings. Observations during in situ simulations revealed hurdles to fully maximize the function of the Pit Crew Resuscitation model. Learn from faculty how by supplementing AHA courses with content focused on addressing these hurdles, rapid improvements in adherence to the PCR team structure was achieved.

Canadian Red Cross and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada are the two largest CPR educators in Canada. Learn how they collaborate and facilitate national strategies to improve the public and professional response to cardiac arrest to continue to improve survival rates.

This session will summarize best practices, implementation considerations, and knowledge gaps in regards to feedback, debriefing, assessment, and faculty development from AHA’s Education Summit.

This presentation will focus on the discussion of post-cardiac arrest targeted temperature management given the recent studies and guidelines. The speaker will specifically focus on studies that have occurred in the past four years, 2015 guidelines, and include thoughts on current implementation. The discussion will include both pre-and in-hospital cooling.

We will view my cardiac arrest, which was filmed by the BBC for the program Helicopter Heroes in the UK. There will then be a presentation about my experience, what I have done differently since, and what I wish to do in the future. I will also explain the importance of CPR in the community and what the community can do to help those who arrest.

In A Heartbeat is a non-profit foundation with the mission to prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Hear how the Foundation donates AED’s and raises money for HCM research.

A survivor’s story on the importance of the “chain of care” that can’t be broken when dealing with someone that suffers cardiac rrest. See a 30 second commercial describing my journey from cardiac arrest to running my first 5K eight months late, imparting a “real life” example of full function survival due to all involved.

We continuously call for the lay public to learn and perform CPR for SCA, however there is little focus on post-event support following this very traumatic situation. The Peel Regional EMS (Ontario, Canada) has developed and created a Bystander Post Arrest Support Model (BPASM) to address the perceived needs of bystanders after they have acted to save a life.

A report of the launch of the first Cardiac Arrest Bystander Support Network (BSN). The BSN creates a community of witnesses, responders, survivors and families to connect those with similar experiences, share information about cardiac arrest and build a longitudinal community-based research network to enhance public engagement in bystander CPR research design and priority setting.

Dispatcher-assisted CPR represents possibly the most effective way to improve survival. As a lay rescuer, I performed dispatcher-assisted CPR on my husband to help save his life. My presentation centers on personal insights from a grateful “wife saver.” My message emphasizes importance of connection, getting on chest quickly, and what’s it like from the other end of the phone.

Join ECCU participants, survivors and other community leaders as we march together from the Hyatt Regency to Champion Square/Super Dome to bring attention to the hundreds of thousands who could survive with more CPR, more AEDs, and better care. At Champion Square, officials and the press will join to hear inspirational stories from survivors.

We have made fantastic strides with tech enabled CPR and AED education over the past decade, but what about first aid? This session will explore the opportunity for enhanced learning technologies to increase learner retention of FA / CPR / AED and other first aid education.

Dr. Stu Berger, one of the nation’s premier pediatric cardiologists will lead this session of expert faculty in summarizing the work of the Citizen CPR Foundation Task Force on SCA in Youth with a focus on school CPR-AED programs and advocacy initiatives to teach all students. The session will highlight state legislation efforts for CPR-AED programs and student education, informational / educational resources to augment the advocacy for legislation, comprehensive programs, a web-based toolkit featuring community and school programs, and strategies and policies to ensure all students in all 50 states have equal opportunity to be trained in CPR prior to high school graduation.

The PulsePoint Verified Responder program was launched in February 2017 by Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue in partnership with King County EMS, the PulsePoint Foundation and Philips Health Care. In this presentation we will review the core elements of the program and lessons learned to data.

When your students leave a class like ACLS, are they prepared to function appropriately in the next code? Presenters will describe a quaternary care hospital’s challenges to deliver resuscitation education including low knowledge retention, preparation hurdles, and mismatches between class structure and bedside application. Discussion will include awareness of the problem, treatment, and prevention techniques focused on optimizing outcomes.

On arrival, you note that your patient has facial droop and your mind immediately goes to a working diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. Are you assessing enough by just doing the F.A.S.T. exam? We will discuss additional types of evaluation which may pick up different aspects of stroke.

For many cardiac arrest survival advocates, the idea of regular newspaper columns dedicated to improving cardiac arrest outcomes is as heady as the scent of fresh newsprint. The bad news is that shrinking circulation and bottom-line management are making it tougher for would-be columnists to place related content in coveted spots in dailies. We will demystify the process for attendees.

The Millennials are the future of SCA reduction. The challenege presented is how to reach them today. This presentation will address practical strategies and ideas for crafting and targeting educational and mentorship efforts towards young adults. Leveraging technology, social media, and understanding the psyche of their generation are all critical components to growing tomorrow’s leaders.

This session will summarize best practices, implementation considerations, and knowledge gaps in regards to knowledge exchange, implementation, and educational innovation from AHA’s Education Summit.

Learn key issues and changes in adult basic life support (BLS) and pediatric basic life support (PLS) from the recent (November 7, 2017) focused updates to the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC).

Lean is a multi-faceted model requiring organizations to exercise effort along several dimensions simultaneously to improve patient quality and efficiency. When executed properly, Lean transforms how an organization and employees work, creating an avid quest for quality improvement and ultimately patient safety. However, Lean as a quality improvement philosophy has just begun to transcend Emergency Medical Services.

How do you really survive the survival? There are so many questions and families are often without enough information about what happened, what to expect, and how to proceed forward. In conjunction with the daughter of a survivor, we will present a real family’s transformation, along with the development and progress of the Illinois Survivors Network.

When a cardiac arrest survivor leaves the hospital, there are often still many questions and concerns beyond the medical discharge instructions. Both survivors and their families struggle with changes in lifestyle and are looking for support systems. The survivor kit has tools and local resources that can help in the early days, further into recovery and possibly longer.

Providers in the medical field give much of themselves in service to others. Aside from the obvious, what do you give of yourself in terms of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual costs? Through a multi-media and case example approach, this presentation will explore these concepts and offer practical tools for identifying our limits and balancing self-care with caring for others.

Lay Responder CPR and First Aid are acute, personal response behaviors developed through education and experience. Such education has focused primarily on functional knowledge and essential skills to maximize fidelity to emergency evidence-based practice. This investigation aims to identify the salient learning constructs most strongly associated to lay responder intention to act following hybrid course completion to improve curriculum.

The presenters will identify factors that motivate and enable lay bystanders to respond effectively and consistently to real-life SCA events. They perform a literature review on SCA response, review traditional CPR/AED training materials and methodologies, and compared those with the training used by one of the largest and most successful SCA Response programs in the country.

Student skill practice is the core of ECC classroom education, but instructors often lack good examples and a solid conceptual framework for success in this critical instructional skill. Come to this presentation to learn about a small set of terms and concepts that can be used during instructor training to help instructor candidates lead effective practice right from the start.

This presentation will examine current practices in early defibrillation strategies including defibrillation by law enforcement and PAD models. While millions of defibrillators have been placed in public venues, many victims are not defibrillated in a timely fashion.
The presenter will discuss why current practices fall short of expectations, and highlight emerging new strategies to improve access, time to defibrillation and outcomes.

You have been tasked with launching a PAD program in your community. Where to begin? This presentation will identify and explain the basic elements of successful community AED programs. Attendees will leave with a clear action plan on how to implement, maintain, and ensure the longevity of this lifesaving community resource.

Miscommunication is a leading cause of medical errors, yet little has been done to improve this process for victims of SCA. Upon successful resuscitation, EMS, ER staff and cardiology teams must work together quickly to assess and treat the patient. Learn how two separate systems reduced errors and ensured the entire team was aligned.

If you teach CPR you can stop the bleed! “Stop the Bleed” Campaign is a federal initiative that aims to save lives and build resiliency in our communities. The campaign was launched by the White House to provide bystanders with the ability to act in emergency situations. Whether that situation is hemorrhage control or SCA, the lay responder should be prepared. This workshop is directed at all instructors, specifically those teaching CPR to the lay responder. Learn from key opinion leaders from around the United States about the latest curriculum available for teaching bleeding control in order to create greater community resiliency.

A difficult barrier is addressing the unfunded CPR in school mandate. States struggle to provide students the basic core subjects. How can challenged school systems find the resources to meet State mandates? Attend this fun lecture to learn how your State can provide schools with the educational and financial support they need to make CPR in Schools an A+ success!

Wide disparities exist in cardiac arrest core performance measures and contribute to extreme variations in patient outcome. We report on success at a state level using electronic patient care report information, coupled with hospital partnership, utilizing project management techniques to successfully implement Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) in Maryland. Initial data establishes the baseline survival.