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Concurrent Block #4

Community Strategies & Survivorship

How Community Responder Programs are Enhancing Cardiac Arrest Response

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

Thursday, November 30, 2023
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PST
Location: Town and Country Ballroom C

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Grethe Thomas, RN,BA,MA

    Projectdirector
    TrygFonden
    Virum, Hovedstaden, Denmark

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Moderator(s)

  • MR

    Myra Robinson

    Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):
Grethe Thomas, RN,BA,MA: No financial relationships to disclose
Summary: The Danish Foundation TrygFonden will present how Denmark has succeeded in increasing the chances for rapid CPR and first shock before arrival of the ambulance by engaging volunteer responders. This presentation will provide session attendees with inspiration and knowledge about how to establish a volunteer responder program in their own country/region, including the necessary organization support in the prehospital system and how to motivate citizens to sign up for the program

Synopsis: How will this presentation assist in challenging the status quo? The Danish Foundation TrygFonden will present how we in Denmark have succeeded in increasing the chances for rapid CPR and first shock before arrival of the ambulance by engaging volunteer responders.

Learning Objectives:

  • Inspire others to engage volunteer responders to secure rapid CPR and first shock and improve chances of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
  • 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.
  • This presentation will discuss how to implement three (3) elements of a comprehensive dispatch CPR and/or rapid dispatch program.
  • This presentation will include components of a high quality collaborative cardiovascular and resuscitation program in a dispatch, EMS and / or healthcare system that has demonstrated improvement in survival from SCA.
  • This presentation will include strategies for implementing data collection and quality improvement programs in an ECC system to support accountability and reporting.
  • This presentation will describe one or more survivor / rescuer stories that can be used to illustrate an effective chain of survival for cardiac arrest.