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  • A long perspective of SCA: Prevention, postvention, and the needs of all affected by SCA - Thoughts from a 31-year survivor

    Primary Presenter: Frances N. Lesicko, M.A., Minnesota Licensed Psychologist, 31 year SCA survivor, (she/her/hers) – Polar Star Consulting

    Moderator: Joe Farrell

  • A Nation of Lifesavers, 8 Years in the Making

    Primary Presenter: Zicheng Lin – Singapore Heart Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Kenneth See – Singapore Heart Foundation

  • A Teachable Moment for the Nation: How the NFL Saved a Life

    Keynote Speaker: Jeff Miller

    Primary Presenter: Jonathan Drezner, MD – NFL's Seattle Seahawks

    Panelist: Matthew and Kim Mangine – One Shot Foundation

    Moderator: Vinay Nadkarni, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  • “I can’t get him on his back, he’s heavy and in the back seat of the car!” - Increasing T-CPR Rates in Chicago

    Primary Presenter: Courtney Schwerin (she/her/hers) – Illinois Heart Rescue

    Co-Presenter: Elizabeth Froelich – Illinois Heart Rescue

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  • Act to Save the Most Lives! Impact of focused Education directed at T-CPR and High Performance CPR on lives saved in Charles County, MD

    Primary Presenter: Kevin G. Seaman, FACEP, FAEMS – Charles County DES, Maryland Resuscitation Academy

  • Activating Community Champions in Resuscitation: Partnering for Change

    Primary Presenter: Cheri L. Olson, MD (she/her/hers) – 7 Rivers Cardiac Arrest Preparedness and Education

    Moderator: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

  • AED Signage - Can Going Yellow Save More Lives?

    Primary Presenter: Greg J. Page, DipTeach (he/him/his) – Heart of the Nation

    Moderator: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

  • Age-Appropriate Education in Leadership and Lifesaving Skills

    Primary Presenter: Alan Himelfarb, MBA – Starting Hearts

    Moderator: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

  • AHA Train the Trainer - Empowered to Serve: Community Emergency Preparedness- CPR, AED, Naloxone and Stop the Bleed

    Primary Presenter: Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACEP – American Heart Association

    Co-Presenter: Aviva Olsavsky, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Campus

    Co-Presenter: Valerie Riley, CHES – American Heart Association

  • American Heart Association Focused Updates - Toxicology and Neonatal

    Co-Presenter: Eric Lavonas, MD, MS – Denver Health

    Co-Presenter: Henry Lee, MD (he/him/his) – University of California San Diego

    Moderator: Sandra Zambon – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

  • American Red Cross Use of Social Media to Engage and Educate

    Primary Presenter: Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

  • At War for Hearts: How the Self-Determination Theory Can Be Used To Motivate The Next Generation Of Citizen Responders

    Primary Presenter: Nathan A. Harig, BA, MA, NREMT-P – Cumberland Goodwill EMS

    Moderator: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

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  • Basic Life Support Skills Training in Elementary Schools and Community Youth Groups

    Primary Presenter: Annette Trevorrow-Gasher, CERT (she/her/hers) – ABC Emergency Management Seminars

  • Birth Happens: Pre-Hospital Newborn Resuscitation

    Primary Presenter: Sarah L. Copple, MSN, RNC-MNN, C-ONQS (she/her/hers) – Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)/ American Red Cross (ARC)

    Co-Presenter: Julie L. Bacon, MSN-HCSM, RN, CPN, C-NPT, NPD-BC, NE-BC – Johns Hopkins All Children's LIfeLine

    Moderator: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Blending Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) and Instructor Lead Advanced Resuscitation Training; A Different Approach: Sharing Our Experiences at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Primary Presenter: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Co-Presenter: James E. Randolph, III, BS, EMT-P, EMS-I – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Co-Presenter: Erik G. Davis – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Co-Presenter: Ian Stoddart – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

    Co-Presenter: Shannon Wolf, MSN, RN, CPEN (she/her/hers) – Center for Life Support Education & Outreach

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • Brain damage ensuing SCA jolts all who falter while giving CPR.

    Primary Presenter: Laxminarayan Proddutoor (he/him/his) – Freelancer

  • Bringing Opioid Overdose Response Training to Teens as Part of their High School CPR / AED Training - Challenging the Status Quo

    Primary Presenter: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

    Moderator: Jenny Shin, MPH – King County EMS

  • Building a Community of Bystander Heroes

    Primary Presenter: Jim Bollenbacher, JD, EMT-P, FP-C – Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps

    Moderator: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

  • Building New Bridges to Survival: The Neuroprotective CPR Strategy (Part 1)

    Primary Presenter: Keith Lurie, MD – University of Minnesota

    Co-Presenter: J. Joelle Donofrio, DO – City of San Diego

    Co-Presenter: Steve Dunn, PhD – Take Heart America

    Co-Presenter: Johanna Moore

    Co-Presenter: Charles Lick

  • Building New Bridges to Survival: The Neuroprotective CPR Strategy (Part 2)

    Primary Presenter: Keith Lurie, MD – University of Minnesota

    Co-Presenter: J. Joelle Donofrio, DO – City of San Diego

    Co-Presenter: Steve Dunn, PhD – Take Heart America

    Co-Presenter: Johanna Moore

    Co-Presenter: Charles Lick

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  • Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation at Ski Areas. A Slippery Slope

    Primary Presenter: William N. Martin, CUSP, RN, NRP, DIMM – Think Tank Project LLC / North Country Life Flight / Acreedo

  • Cardiac Arrests on College Campuses - Improving Awareness and Response with Collegiate EMS Organizations

    Primary Presenter: Joshua E. Glick, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • CardiacCrashTM: An interactive, realistic film-based CPR crash course for school and workplace

    Primary Presenter: Lorrel EB Toft, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Reno

    Co-Presenter: David Knechtel (he/him/his) – Heart & Stroke

    Moderator: Jenny Shin, MPH – King County EMS

  • CardiacCrashTM: An interactive, realistic film-based CPR crash course for school and workplace

    Primary Presenter: Lorrel EB Toft, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Reno

    Co-Presenter: David Knechtel (he/him/his) – Heart & Stroke

  • Multi-disciplinary perspectives on improving cardiac arrest survivorship and launch of a novel peer-support community

    Primary Presenter: Mary M. Newman, M.S. – Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Joe Farrell, PT, MAppSc, DPT, FAAOMPT, FAPTA – Kaiser Northern California Graduate Physical Therapy Education

    Co-Presenter: Alexander M. Presciutti, PhD, MSCS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

    Co-Presenter: Steve Ogilvie, CPA – OCHIN

    Moderator: Myra Robinson

    Co-Presenter: Sarah M. Perman, MD MSCE – University of Colorado

  • CASS Nursing Leadership Interactive Session

    Primary Presenter: Bridgid Joseph, DNP, RN, CCNS (she/her/hers) – ThriveIn LLC

    Co-Presenter: Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN – VHA SimLEARN

    Moderator: Janese Nichols

  • CellAED is the future of AEDs: It's personal.

    Primary Presenter: Steven C. Brooks, MD MHSc FRCPC (he/him/his) – Queen's Univeristy

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • Challenging the Status Quo – Using Positive Psychology to Improve Quality of Cardiac Arrest Survivorship

    Primary Presenter: Alexander M. Presciutti, PhD, MSCS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

    Co-Presenter: Sarah M. Perman, MD MSCE – University of Colorado

    Moderator: Joe Farrell

  • Chest Compressions to Cannulation: Improving patient outcomes through early activation and deployment of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)

    Primary Presenter: Katherine E. Christl, RN, BSN – Minneapolis Heart Institute- Allina Health

    Co-Presenter: Katarzyna Hryniewicz, M.D – Allina Health, Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Co-Presenter: Greg Kerola, MBA, CCP – Minneapolis Heart Institute, Allina Health

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • Committed to the Heart: How a State Office of Rural Health Became Engaged with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

    Primary Presenter: Scott Helle, BBA, EMT-B – Kentucky Office of Rural Health

    Moderator: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

  • Community Resuscitation Officer - A Champion of Champions

    Primary Presenter: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

    Co-Presenter: James Lee Hempstead – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

    Co-Presenter: Jason D. Carlyon – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

  • Continuing Crisis: What’s New in Treating Opioid Overdoses

    Primary Presenter: Nathan Charlton, MD – University of Virginia

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • Copenhagen and Seattle: Can AI help emergency medical services telecommunicators to recognize cardiac arrest and save lives?

    Primary Presenter: Freddy Lippert (he/him/his) – Falck

    Co-Presenter: Michael R. Sayre, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine

  • CPR Saves Lives: Teaching CPR to the community, healthcare providers and schools to improve outcomes in SCA

    Primary Presenter: Irene Akoth Opiyo (she/her/hers) – Public Health Emergency Operation Centre Kisumu

  • Creating ambassadors: Enabling and empowering communities to increase chances of survival from OHCA

    Primary Presenter: Jason D. Carlyon – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

    Moderator: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

  • Current Trends in Drowning Prevention and Care

    Primary Presenter: Samuel Proffitt – Virginia Tech - WBFD

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  • Data Informed CQI: A Statewide Initiative to Improve Cardiovascular Emergency Outcomes

    Primary Presenter: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

  • Developing the Restart a Heart campaign: How to initiate, plan and maximise coverage to get the most out of your CPR campaign based on the Yorkshire Ambulance Service experience

    Primary Presenter: Jason D. Carlyon – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

    Co-Presenter: Louise Boyes (she/her/hers) – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

    Co-Presenter: Helen A. Smith – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

  • DIY Manikins-- Building from a COVID Phenomena to Empowering New Populations of Learners

    Primary Presenter: Jeffrey L. Pellegrino, Ph.D., MPH – University of Akron

    Co-Presenter: Tina van Duijn, PhD – University of Technology Sydney

  • Does the provider of initial defibrillation effect the quality-of-life outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors at one-year post arrest?

    Primary Presenter: Brian Haskins, PhD – Victoria University

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • Double Sequential External Defibrillation for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation- Challenging the Status Quo

    Primary Presenter: Sheldon Cheskes, MD CCFP (EM) FCFP DRCPSC – University of Toronto

    Moderator: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Drowning / Near-Drowning: the Impact on the Victim, Family, and Community

    Primary Presenter: Tom Greenhalgh, Jr., LICSW, NRP – National Public Safety Solutions, Inc.

    Co-Presenter: Ron Gigliotti, NRP – U-Mass Memorial EMS / Worcester EMS, Worcester, MA

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

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  • Effective teaching – Are we setting up our students for failure by teaching information not knowledge?

    Primary Presenter: Sharon L. Burns, Master Instructor, Retired EMT, National Instructor (HSI) – First Aid Ed., LLC

    Moderator: Sandra Zambon – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

  • Efficacy of Medications Used by First Aid Providers Past Their Expiration Date: A Systematic Review

    Primary Presenter: David C. Berry, dcberry@svsu.edu – Saginaw Valley State University

    Co-Presenter: Nathan Charlton, MD – University of Virginia

  • Emergency Telecommunicators Need Access to a Community AED Registry

    Primary Presenter: Richard Price – PulsePoint Foundation

    Moderator: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

  • Enhancing our Community Responder Program with Realtime Coaching & AED Response Kit

    Primary Presenter: Paul J. Snobelen – Peel Regional Paramedic Services

    Moderator: Myra Robinson

  • Experiential Summary: Lay Responder Debriefings

    Primary Presenter: Paul J. Snobelen – Peel Regional Paramedic Services

    Moderator: Steven B. Tannenbaum – Parent Heart Watch

  • mCPR in SCA: Optimize Compressions and Psychological Safety

    Primary Presenter: Bridgid Joseph, DNP, RN, CCNS (she/her/hers) – ThriveIn LLC

    Moderator: Janese Nichols

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  • Finding More Ways to Bridge the Bystander Gap: The Until Help Arrives Training Program

    Primary Presenter: Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FAEMS, FACEP, NRP (he/him/his) – American Red Cross

    Moderator: Jenny Shin, MPH – King County EMS

  • Flight Fight or Freeze? Unit-Based Resuscitation Drills for Nurse and Interprofessional First Responder Self-Efficacy

    Primary Presenter: Susan B. Davis, DNP, MSN, RN, PMD – Rescue RN

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • From 911 call to survivor celebration: How Dane County uses data to inform and strengthen our system’s high-quality resuscitation efforts

    Primary Presenter: Eric Anderson, NREMT-P (he/him/his) – Dane County Emergency Management

    Co-Presenter: Kacey Kronenfeld, MD, FAEMS – MEP Health, SSM Health, Dane County Public Safety Communications, Monona Fire Department, Deer Grove EMS

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • From the Field to the Frontlines: What’s Happened Since January 2, 2023

    Primary Presenter: Martha Lopez-Anderson – Parent Heart Watch

    Co-Presenter: Mary M. Newman, M.S. – Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation

    Moderator: Myra Robinson

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  • Gender Achieving Parity in CPR: GAP in CPR

    Primary Presenter: Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Co-Presenter: Elizabeth Froelich – Illinois Heart Rescue

    Co-Presenter: Zehra Al-Hilali – 360 Healthcare Consultation Services/Citizen CPR Foundation

    Moderator: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

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  • Ha! A footstool? How will that help?

    Primary Presenter: Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I – Code One Training Solutions | AED Team

    Co-Presenter: Bridgid Joseph, DNP, RN, CCNS (she/her/hers) – ThriveIn LLC

  • Hans Dahll Award Presentation: Resuscitation Science - An Arizona Experience Challenging the Status Quo

    Primary Presenter: Karl B. Kern, MD (he/him/his) – University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center - COM

  • Heart Safe Accreditation: Inspiring Action and Accountability

    Primary Presenter: Teri K. Watson, PhD – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Deserae Belcher, RN – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Sarah McGraw-Thimmes, MHA, BSN, RN – Lancaster City Schools

    Moderator: Marc Gay

  • HeartSafe Home - Plan and Practice for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Noor Khan (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Department of Learning Health Sciences

  • Heartsight: Co-designing a trusted informational resource to reduce uncertainty and psychological trauma of anyone affected by cardiac arrest

    Primary Presenter: Jasmine Wylie (she/her/hers) – Heartsight

    Co-Presenter: Curt Mahoney – Redondo Beach Fire Department

    Co-Presenter: Kim Ruether, BSc Radiology, MA Leadership – Project Brock Society

    Co-Presenter: Jennifer Chap, BS (she/her/hers) – BuddyCPR and StrataVerve

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • High School EMS Club: An Innovative Approach to Developing a Zero-Response Time in our Community

    Co-Presenter: Kacey Kronenfeld, MD, FAEMS – MEP Health, SSM Health, Dane County Public Safety Communications, Monona Fire Department, Deer Grove EMS

    Primary Presenter: Kate Walsh, EMT-B – Monona Fire Department, Monona Grove High School

    Moderator: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

  • How New (and Emerging) Technology Could Change Resuscitation

    Primary Presenter: Laurie J. Morrison, MD – University of Toronto

  • How to improve automated external defibrillator placement for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

    Primary Presenter: Fabrice Dami, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Lausanne University Hospital Centre, Switzerland

  • Hundreds Dead and Wounded: Best Practices for Mass Shootings

    Primary Presenter: Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

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  • ILCOR's 10 Steps to Improve In-Hospital-Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACEP – American Heart Association

  • Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Military Members and Implications for Emergency Action Planning

    Primary Presenter: Mark C. Haigney, MD – USUHS

    Co-Presenter: Marc Alaric Franzos, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP (he/him/his) – Uniformed Services University

  • Innovations in AED Delivery: The 4 Minute City Model

    Primary Presenter: Benjamin S. Abella, MD MPhil – University of Pennsylvania

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • Innovative CPR Training: Using Sensory Stimulation to Evoke Emotions and Improve Competence and Confidence

    Primary Presenter: Kori Burz (she/her/hers) – Code One Training Solutions

  • Is That True?: Examining Educators’ Attitudes towards CPR/AED Training and Cardiac Emergency Preparedness in Schools

    Primary Presenter: Heather Baker, EdD (she/her/hers) – Dorothy Simon Elementary School

    Moderator: Sandra Zambon – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

  • It Takes a Village to Save a Life: The Neighbors Saving Neighbors Community Responder Program

    Primary Presenter: Steven C. Brooks, MD MHSc FRCPC (he/him/his) – Queen's Univeristy

    Moderator: Myra Robinson

  • It's a Wrap - Connecting All the Dots

    Primary Presenter: Ed Racht, MD – Global Medical Response

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  • Journey to a Heart Safe Community

    Primary Presenter: Mary McCormack, DNP, FNP-C (she/her/hers) – Molloy University/Northwell Health

    Co-Presenter: Carole Zarcone, DNP, ANP-C – Molloy University

    Co-Presenter: Kendra Hoepper, DNP, APRN, PNP- BC – Dominican University of California

    Co-Presenter: Elizabeth Cotter, PhD – Molloy University

    Co-Presenter: Geraldine A. Moore, EdD, RN, BC, AE-C – Molloy University

    Co-Presenter: Kathy Lapkowski, MS, RN – Molloy University

  • Jumping to Inclusion: Implementing Accessible CPR Training in Your Community

    Primary Presenter: Loralee Olejnik, M.A., EMT-B – Falck

    Moderator: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

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  • Lancet Sudden Cardiac Death Commission Update

    Primary Presenter: Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACEP – American Heart Association

    Moderator: Janese Nichols

  • Leadership, Strategy and Tactics: Developing a Plan to Improve Outcomes

    Primary Presenter: HEARTSafe Community Program Advisory Committee Members – Citizen CPR Foundation

    Co-Presenter: David B. Hiltz, EMT-P (RET) – Code One Training Solutions

    Co-Presenter: Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I – Code One Training Solutions | AED Team

  • Lessons learned from continuous, longitudinal phone contact with cardiac arrest survivors

    Primary Presenter: Ankur A. Doshi, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh

    Co-Presenter: Katharyn Flickinger – University of Pittsburgh

    Co-Presenter: Peter Prescott – University of Pittsburgh, Emergency Medicine Department, Post Cardiac Arrest Service (PCAS)

    Co-Presenter: Cecelia Ratay, DNP, CRNP – University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine

    Moderator: Joe Farrell

  • Load and Go or Stay and Play? Redesigning Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Management for the Shockable Arrest

    Primary Presenter: J. Joelle Donofrio, DO – City of San Diego

    Co-Presenter: Stephen Sanko, MD

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

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  • Managing Victims Experiencing Exertional Heat Stroke: A 360-Degree Approach Using Evidence Based Treatment Recommendations

    Primary Presenter: David C. Berry, dcberry@svsu.edu – Saginaw Valley State University

  • Managing Victims Experiencing Exertional Heat Stroke: A 360-Degree Approach Using Evidence Based Treatment Recommendations

    Primary Presenter: David C. Berry, dcberry@svsu.edu – Saginaw Valley State University

  • Mental Health for Community First Responders

    Primary Presenter: Kenneth See – Singapore Heart Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Cassandra Lim, Degree – Singapore Heart Foundation

  • Mental simulations: Practicing for the event, not just the skill. Experience training Linemen in the Electric Utility Industry.

    Primary Presenter: William N. Martin, CUSP, RN, NRP, DIMM – Think Tank Project LLC / North Country Life Flight / Acreedo

    Moderator: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

  • Migrant Workers, Singapore’s untapped resource in the fight against OHCA

    Primary Presenter: Cassandra Lim, Degree – Singapore Heart Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Kenneth See – Singapore Heart Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Zicheng Lin – Singapore Heart Foundation

  • Mitigating Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Through Electrocardiographic Screening of Cadets and Midshipmen at Service Academies

    Primary Presenter: Marc Alaric Franzos, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP (he/him/his) – Uniformed Services University

  • Mobilizing volunteer responders (Heartrunners) is a contribution to the society in terms of increasing survival rate

    Primary Presenter: Grethe Thomas, RN,BA,MA – TrygFonden

    Moderator: Myra Robinson

  • Motivating and Mobilizing for Equity in Public Access Defibrillation: Grantmaking Successes in Illinois

    Primary Presenter: Courtney Schwerin (she/her/hers) – Illinois Heart Rescue

  • My Life Since Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Christopher M. Solomons – Yorkshire Ambu!ance Service NHS Trust

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  • Naloxone in Peri and Full Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Cindy K. Tait, EMT-P, RN, PHN, MPH – Center for Healthcare Education, Inc.

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • Naperville Fire - Leading The Way with ACR

    Primary Presenter: Billy Croft – Naperville Fire Department

    Co-Presenter: Daryl MacDonald – Naperville Fire Department

    Co-Presenter: Phil Giannattasio – Naperville Fire Department

    Moderator: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

  • National Expansion of Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) Addresses Disparities in Outcomes

    Primary Presenter: Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FAAEM, FCCM – Durham VA Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Tom Rea, MD, MPH – King County Medic One Emergency Medical Services

  • New Horizons in Post-Arrest Care

    Primary Presenter: Benjamin S. Abella, MD MPhil – University of Pennsylvania

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • New Technology that will finally close the current Survival Gaps and status-quo for OHSCA survival rates.

    Primary Presenter: John Haines, ADH Sc (Ambulance); MICA Flight Cert – Rapid Response Revival Research

    Moderator: Joe Farrell

  • Normalizing grief and debunking myths to support bereaved families of cardiac arrest patients- the invisible majority.

    Primary Presenter: Kim Ruether, BSc Radiology, MA Leadership, Researcher, Grieving Mother (she/her/hers) – Alberta Health Services/Project Brock Society

    Co-Presenter: Jasmine Wylie (she/her/hers) – Heartsight

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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  • Operationalizing a National Strategic Plan to Improve Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Through Local Implementation

    Primary Presenter: Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, Hon FACC, FAHA (he/him/his) – Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin

    Co-Presenter: James C. Suozzi, DO, NRP, FACEP – Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Health

    Moderator: Joe Farrell, PT, MAppSc, DPT, FAAOMPT, FAPTA – Kaiser Northern California Graduate Physical Therapy Education

  • Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and CPR: Reflection on the Lived Experience

    Primary Presenter: Michele Kassel, RN, MSN, CPN – Arkansas Children's

  • Outcomes from the Helmsley Charitable Trust Multi-State Law Enforcement AED Project: The Human Stories

    Primary Presenter: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

    Co-Presenter: Wayne Booze – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

    Co-Presenter: Marty D. Link, BS/EMT-P – South Dakota Department of Health

    Co-Presenter: Becka Neumiller, Paramedic – NE Dept Health & Human Services

    Moderator: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

  • Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest Chain of Survival Success Stories

    Primary Presenter: James Radcliffe, NRP, BS, MBA (he/him/his) – Office of the Chief Medical Officer Austin Travis County EMS & City of Austin, Texas

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  • Pediatric High Performance CPR: From protocol to training to practice with the introduction of a novel method to improve prehospital pediatric CPR quality

    Primary Presenter: Karen O'Connell, MD, MEd – Children's National Hospital, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Program of Research Addressing Quality of Care and Disparities in Access to Care

    Primary Presenter: Janice Tijssen, MD MSc FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre

    Moderator: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

  • Pediatric Resuscitation: Are You Ready?

    Primary Presenter: Karen O'Connell, MD, MEd – Children's National Hospital, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

    Co-Presenter: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Co-Presenter: Theresa Walls, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Planning a Cardiac Arrest Quality Improvement Collaborative

    Primary Presenter: James C. Suozzi, DO, NRP, FACEP – Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Health

    Co-Presenter: Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I – Code One Training Solutions | AED Team

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • Preparing for Cardiac Emergencies in Your Community: Project ADAM Heart Safe Workshop

    Primary Presenter: Richard M. Lamphier, RN – Georgia Nurses Association Project ADAM

    Co-Presenter: Jaclyn Reider, DNP, CPNP-AC, CCDS (she/her/hers) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

  • Psychological distress after a CPR response: PulsePoint findings and resources

    Co-Presenter: Richard Price – PulsePoint Foundation

    Primary Presenter: Halle T. Price (she/her/hers) – PulsePoint Foundation

    Moderator: Steven B. Tannenbaum – Parent Heart Watch

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  • QA/QI Data Collection and Implementation

    Primary Presenter: Clark Church, NREMT-P FP-C CP-C – Clear Creek EMS

    Moderator: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

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  • Reactive to Proactive: Rapid Response Redesign

    Primary Presenter: Fiona A. WInterbottom, DNP – Ochsner Health

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • Ready. Set. Save! Placing a 24/7 Accessible AED that Saved a Life

    Co-Presenter: Katrysha Gellis – Action First Aid

    Primary Presenter: Kristy Brindley – Just1Mike Foundation

  • Recipe for Success: Building a Strategic Framework to Implement a Robust Mock Code Training Program

    Primary Presenter: Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN – VHA SimLEARN

    Co-Presenter: Tracey Robilotto, APRN DNP – Veterans Health Administration

    Co-Presenter: Melissa S. Frazier, RN, BSN, MSN – VHA SimLEARN

    Co-Presenter: Debra A. Mosley, MSN-Ed, RN – Veterans Health Administration

    Co-Presenter: Amy Lindsey-Colon – U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs

    Co-Presenter: Gail Lites, RN – VA

    Co-Presenter: Vera S. Moffitt-Scott, RN, BSN – VHA SimLEARN

  • Recognition and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletes: Next Steps to Improve Survival

    Primary Presenter: Jonathan Drezner, MD – NFL's Seattle Seahawks

    Moderator: Steven B. Tannenbaum – Parent Heart Watch

  • Resiliency for Caretakers: Lessons from the Street

    Primary Presenter: Ron Gigliotti, NRP – U-Mass Memorial EMS / Worcester EMS, Worcester, MA

    Co-Presenter: Tom Greenhalgh, Jr., LICSW, NRP – National Public Safety Solutions, Inc.

    Moderator: Keith Griffith

  • Resuscitation Academy: A First Time Experience

    Primary Presenter: Lisa Mills, MD (she/her/hers) – UC Davis Fire Department

    Co-Presenter: Scott A. Hatcher, BS, EMT-P – University of California, Davis Fire Department

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • Resuscitation Academy Germany

    Primary Presenter: Jan Thorsten Graesner, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

    Co-Presenter: Leonie Hannappel, MDM (she/her/hers) – University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • Rolling Billboards: Raising Community Awareness With Public Service Announcements on Ambulances

    Primary Presenter: Jeff Lucia, NRP (ret.) – Falck USA

    Co-Presenter: Loralee Olejnik, M.A., EMT-B – Falck

    Moderator: Janet M. Trethewey, EdD, NREMT (she/her/hers) – MT DPHHS EMS TS

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  • Saving Lives By Providing AED Locations to Smart Phones and EMS

    Primary Presenter: Julie Coon, TEDTalk (she/her/hers) – Cardiac Crusade

    Co-Presenter: Greg Coon – Cardiac Crusade

  • Saving Lives Through Science: How the Red Cross Develops and Updates Guidelines

    Primary Presenter: Nici Singletary, MD, FACEP (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

  • Shock Delivered: Rethinking

    Primary Presenter: Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I – Code One Training Solutions | AED Team

  • Small state, real complicated: Moving the needle on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Rhode Island

    Primary Presenter: Nicholas Asselin, DO, MS (he/him/his) – Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Co-Presenter: Joseph R. Lauro, MD, FACEP – Dpeartment of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School

    Co-Presenter: Catherine A. Cummings, MD – Department of Emergency Medicine, Warrent Alpert Medical School of Brown University

  • Statewide Pilot of Community-Centric Approach to CPR and AED Education for the Public with Specific Focus on Underserved Populations

    Primary Presenter: John C. Perkins, Jr., Board Certified in Emergency and Internal Medicine – Compress and Shock Foundation

    Co-Presenter: Karen E. Perkins, Board Certified in Family Medicine – Compress and Shock Foundation

    Moderator: Joe Farrell, PT, MAppSc, DPT, FAAOMPT, FAPTA – Kaiser Northern California Graduate Physical Therapy Education

  • Staying Alive: A Journey to Redefine the Medical Emergency Care Process

    Primary Presenter: Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN – VHA SimLEARN

    Co-Presenter: Tracey Robilotto, APRN DNP – Veterans Health Administration

    Co-Presenter: Stacy E. Prosser, MSN, RN – VA Northern Indiana Health Care System

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • Strengthening the Chain of Survival: Public Policy Considerations for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Katherine Bryant, MEd (she/her/hers) – American Heart Association

    Moderator: Janese Nichols

  • Summary of the AED Resuscitation Symposium and Double Sequential Defibrillation Think Tank

    Primary Presenter: Dianne L. Atkins, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa

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  • Taking CPR to the Community: How to Create a Successful Mobile Training Program

    Primary Presenter: Teri K. Watson, PhD – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Deserae Belcher, RN – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Sarah McGraw-Thimmes, MHA, BSN, RN – Lancaster City Schools

  • Taking Dispatcher-Directed CPR to a Higher Level

    Primary Presenter: Ty Wooten, ENP – International Academies of Emergency Dispatch

    Co-Presenter: Matthew Miko, JD – International Academies of Emergency Dispatch

    Moderator: Joshua Smith, NRP – Richland Fire & Emergency Services

  • The Art of Debriefing: Crafting a Safe & Collaborative Learning Environment after a Mock Code

    Primary Presenter: Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN – VHA SimLEARN

    Co-Presenter: Tracey Robilotto, APRN DNP – Veterans Health Administration

    Co-Presenter: Amy Lindsey-Colon – U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs

  • The Cadre App: Moving knowledge to action to support quality survivorship following cardiac arrest

    Primary Presenter: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

    Co-Presenter: Damyen Henderson-Lee Wah, MSc (he/him/his) – North York General Hospital

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • The Gap and Need for Critical Incident Stress Diffusion (CISD) after a Cardiac Arrest Incident

    Primary Presenter: Maureen O'Connor, San Diego Project Heart Beat Program Manager – San Diego Fire-Rescue/San Diego Project Heart Beat

    Co-Presenter: Robert Hoadley, MBA – TEAM LIFE, INC.

    Co-Presenter: Tom Farley, BA in Economics – Retired

    Co-Presenter: Kevin Johnstone (he/him/his) – San Diego Fire-Rescue

    Moderator: Keith Griffith

  • The Innovative Red Cross Approach to Saving Lives and Transforming Healthcare

    Primary Presenter: Mark Whechel, DNP, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN – American Red Cross

    Co-Presenter: Micah Bongberg (he/him/his) – Avive

    Co-Presenter: Lynn White, MS, FAEMS – American Red Cross

  • The Intersection of Emotional Intelligence and AI in CPR Training

    Primary Presenter: Kori Burz (she/her/hers) – Code One Training Solutions

    Moderator: Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers) – Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.

  • The Journey to a Heart Safe Community: Collaborating to Save Lives

    Primary Presenter: Teri K. Watson, PhD – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Deserae Belcher, RN – Fairfield Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Sarah McGraw-Thimmes, MHA, BSN, RN – Lancaster City Schools

  • The Minnesota Mobile ECMO Program: Implementation, Evaluation, and Sustainability

    Primary Presenter: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • The North Carolina Experience in Using 3 Models to Establish and Sustain Cardiac Arrest Systems of Care

    Primary Presenter: Lisa M. Monk, MSN, RN, CPHQ – Duke Clinical Research Institute

    Co-Presenter: Kimberly T. Ward, MPH – Duke Clinical Research Organization

    Moderator: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital

  • The Power of Multi-Agency Responding - GoodSAM linking Police to Cardiac Arrests

    Primary Presenter: Mark H. Wilson, PhD MBBChir FRCS MRCA FIMC OBE – Imperial College London

    Co-Presenter: Chris Postill – BCH Police / GoodSAM

    Moderator: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

  • The role of early recognition in sudden cardiac arrest and how we can use technology to bridge the gap

    Primary Presenter: Jacob Hutton, PhD(c) – BC RESURECT, UBC Faculty of Medicine

  • The Rotary-Kerber HeartSafe Community Campaign: A Multidisciplinary Campaign to Improve Lay-rescuer Response and AED Density

    Co-Presenter: Dianne L. Atkins, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa

    Primary Presenter: Fiona Johnson, NR Paramedic, CAC (she/her/hers) – Johnson County Ambulance Service

    Moderator: Marc Gay

  • The Yorkshire Ambulance Service experience of telephone guided access and utilisation of AED's

    Primary Presenter: Jason D. Carlyon – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

    Co-Presenter: Helen A. Smith – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

  • Through the Looking Glass and What Was Found: A Journey of Process Improvement for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Primary Presenter: Vanessa A. Lindsay, RN, MA, CCRN – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Co-Presenter: Abhinandan Bharne, MD (he/him/his) – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Moderator: Pamela Dodson, RN – Pamela Dodson

  • Time of Death: The Case of a Pediatric Patient who Defied the Death Evaluation Protocol

    Primary Presenter: Audra N. Iness, MD, PhD, CCRP – Baylor College of Medicine

    Co-Presenter: Andrea De JesĂşs MartĂ­nez, MD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

    Co-Presenter: Rachel M. Ausmus, RN, MSN, CPEN – Texas Children's Hospital

    Co-Presenter: Ted Tanner, MD, MPH, MA (he/him/his) – Dayton Children's Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • Tracking, transforming, and training: How a provincial cardiac arrest collaborative works in partnership to improve the Chain of Survival and SCA outcomes.

    Primary Presenter: Jeanine Zotzman, ACP (she/her/hers) – Alberta Health Services

    Co-Presenter: Kim Ruether, BSc Radiology, MA Leadership – Project Brock Society

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  • Upping the Game from ROSC to Neurologically Intact

    Primary Presenter: Ashley S. Terrana (she/her/hers) – Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue

    Moderator: Marc Gay

  • Using data and technology to improve out of hospital cardiac arrest outcomes.

    Primary Presenter: James Radcliffe, NRP, BS, MBA (he/him/his) – Office of the Chief Medical Officer Austin Travis County EMS & City of Austin, Texas

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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  • Ventilations During Cardiac Resuscitation: The Final Frontier

    Primary Presenter: Ian Drennan, ACP PhD – University of Toronto

    Moderator: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Virtual CPR: continuing beyond the pandemic

    Primary Presenter: Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH – University of Minnesota

    Moderator: Jenny Shin, MPH – King County EMS

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  • What is Success? The power of consistency: a road map to developing a culture of excellence in OHCA care, an 11-year review

    Primary Presenter: Matt Shaw, MPH, FP-C, CCP-C, NREMT-P (he/him/his) – Guardian Medical Transport

    Co-Presenter: Iv Godzdanker, MD – Flagstaff Medical Center

  • What the Novel Drowning Data Elements in CARES Can Teach Us

    Primary Presenter: Kevin M. Ryan, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Boston Medical Center

    Moderator: Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • What’s New in Pediatric Resuscitation

    Primary Presenter: Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, MHCM – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Moderator: John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • When a pregnant woman has a cardiac arrest, we have 300 seconds to save her life. Every second, every minute, every action by every first responder needs to align perfectly. How prepared are you?

    Primary Presenter: Mary A. Liner, APRN, CNP – OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

    Moderator: Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B – Not representing current agency

  • Who cares for those who care? Development of post incident care for bystanders involved in performing CPR

    Primary Presenter: Jason D. Carlyon – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

    Moderator: Steven B. Tannenbaum – Parent Heart Watch

  • Whose Code is it Anyway

    Primary Presenter: Rebecca L. Boyd, MSN, RN (she/her/hers) – Mann-Grandstaff VAMC

    Co-Presenter: Dana O'Dea, RN, BSN, MS – Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center

    Co-Presenter: Jonathan Stoeckle – Department of Veterans Affairs

    Co-Presenter: Ana Romero, MSN, RN – Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Women in Resuscitation: Challenging the Status Quo

    Panelist: Dianne L. Atkins, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa

    Panelist: Bridgid Joseph, DNP, RN, CCNS (she/her/hers) – ThriveIn LLC

    Moderator: Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Panelist: Loralee Olejnik, M.A., EMT-B – Falck

    Panelist: Jennifer Hayes, MSN, RN, CCRN-K – PICU, Children’s Hospital of Orange County


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