Planning a Cardiac Arrest Quality Improvement Collaborative

Thursday, November 30, 2023

4:15 PM – 4:40 PM PST

Location: Sunset Rooms 1 - 3

Primary Presenter(s)

James C. Suozzi, DO, NRP, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Attending Physician / EMS Medical Director
Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Health
Walpole, NH, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I

CEO
Code One Training Solutions | AED Team
Roanoke, VA, United States

Disclosure(s): Code One Training Solutions and Shok Enterprises: Employment (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing)

Moderator(s)

Bridgid G. Joseph, MSN

Director Emergency Cardiac Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Groton Long Point, Connecticut, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):

James C. Suozzi, DO, NRP, FACEP: No financial relationships to disclose

Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I: Code One Training Solutions and Shok Enterprises: Employment (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing)

Summary: Developing a plan to improve survival can be daunting, given the complexities associated with SCA systems of care. This session presents a framework for designing and implementing an effective cardiac arrest quality improvement collaborative.

Synopsis: Communities desire to improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest but are often daunted by the complexities associated with developing a plan to achieve improved outcomes following sudden cardiac arrest. This session will serve as an introduction to a framework for designing an effective community-based and collaborative approach to improving cardiac arrest survival.

The faculty will introduce a pragmatic approach to the planning of a cardiac arrest quality improvement collaborative and effective implementation of lifesaving strategies and tactics.

The session philosophy is “Every battle is won before it’s ever fought” credited to Sun Tzu, a legendary military strategist and philosopher, underscoring the critical need for planning and the concepts of strategy, tactics and logistics.

Session participants will be pointed to tools to assist in planning and implementing interrelated, action-oriented steps that, when combined, enable short and long term improvements in cardiac arrest related policy, practice and outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this session, participants should be able to plan an effective cardiac arrest quality improvement collaborative in their community. After attending this session, participants should be able to implement a comprehensive cardiac arrest quality improvement collaborative in their own communities.
After attending this session, participants should be inspired to have a bias for action and have the fundamental knowledge and resources to begin work in their own communities and systems.
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 discuss ways to advance Public Access AED placement and utilization.
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.