Exploring strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival : proceedings of a workshop / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ; Margaret A. McCoy and Andrea M. Schultz, rapporteurs.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, author.

Contributor:

McCoy, Margaret A., rapporteur.

Schultz, Andrea M., rapporteur.

Conference Name:

Dissemination Workshop on the Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: a Time to Act (2016 : Washington, D.C.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiac arrest--Treatment--Congresses.

Cardiac arrest.

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Risk factors--United States--Congresses.

Cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Prevention--Research--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2017.

Summary:

Cardiac arrest often strikes seemingly healthy individuals without warning and without regard to age, gender, race, or health status. Representing the third leading cause of death in the United States, cardiac arrest is defined as "a severe malfunction or cessation of the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart ... [which] results in almost instantaneous loss of consciousness and collapse". Although the exact number of cardiac arrests is unknown, conservative estimates suggest that approximately 600,000 individuals experience a cardiac arrest in the United States each year. In June 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its consensus report Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act , which evaluated the factors affecting resuscitation research and outcomes in the United States. Following the release of this report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to hold a workshop to explore the barriers and opportunities for advancing the IOM recommendations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contents:

Introduction

Building a national cardiac arrest surveillance system

Advancing cardiac arrest research and translation

Improving public awareness and training

Enhancing the emergency medical services response to cardiac arrest

Enhancing hospital response to cardiac arrest

Effective collaboration for cardiac arrest

Appendix A; Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine report "Strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival: a time to act"

Appendix B: Workshop agenda [July 11-12, 2016, Washington, DC].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 14, 2017).

ISBN:

0-309-45194-9

0-309-45192-2