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Concurrent Block #7

Special Interest

Best Practices for Improving SCA Success Within Special Populations

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

Friday, December 1, 2023
3:35 PM – 3:50 PM PST
Location: Sunset Rooms 1 - 3

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Joshua E. Glick, MD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Moderator(s)

  • Loralee Olejnik, MA, EMT-B

    Public Health Educator
    Not representing current agency
    San Diego, California, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):
Joshua E. Glick, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Summary: Explore how the National Collegiate EMS Foundation has worked for the past decade, through its HeartSafe Campus program and other initiatives, to improve cardiac arrest awareness, training, and outcomes on college campuses.

Synopsis: Learn about the current research on cardiac arrest outcomes, awareness, and training involving colleges and universities. It will highlight a recent publication by the National Collegiate EMS Foundation (NCEMSF) that demonstrated significant differences in outcomes for patients who experience an arrest on college campuses which are supported by student-run EMS organizations. Learn about the history of collegiate EMS organizations and how they support cardiac arrest awareness and response on college campuses. Hear about NCEMSF's successful HEARTSafe Campus program, which encourages and promotes awareness/education by students for students on campuses.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review available data on cardiac arrests that occur on college campuses, in particular those with a collegiate EMS organization. Discuss ways to improve cardiac arrest awareness and education of students and staff on college campuses.
  • This presentation will include ways to educate citizens that can lead to a comprehensive change to a culture of excellence and improved CPR training in the community, schools and workplace.