Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality Issues

Essie Reed-Schrader; William T Rivers; Lynn J White; Brian M Clemency

doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2018.03.002

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality Issues

Cardiol Clin. 2018 Aug;36(3):351-356. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2018.03.002.

Authors

Essie Reed-Schrader¹, William T Rivers¹, Lynn J White², Brian M Clemency³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA.
² American Medical Response, 6363 S. Fiddlers Green Cir., Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. Electronic address: bc34@buffalo.edu.

PMID: 30293601
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2018.03.002

Abstract

Much of the current evidence and many of the recent treatment recommendations for increasing survival from cardiac arrest revolve around improving the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during resuscitation. A focus on providing treatments proved beneficial and providing these treatments reliably, using measurement, monitoring, and implementation of quality-improvement strategies, will help eliminate variation in outcomes and provide a foundation from which future improvements in resuscitation care can be developed. Using the knowledge and tools available today will help reduce the ambiguity and variability that exists in resuscitation today and provide the ability to save more lives in communities.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Heart massage; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / standards*
Emergency Medical Services / standards*
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*
Quality Improvement*