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Preconference Workshop

Preconference workshops *additional fee - registration required

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

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
Location: Sunset Room 3

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • HEARTSafe Community Program Advisory Committee Members

    HEARTSafe Program Advisory Committee
    Citizen CPR Foundation
    Westerly, RI, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • David B. Hiltz, EMT-P (RET)

    Chief Innovation Officer
    Code One Training Solutions
    Westerly, RI, United States

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

  • 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)

Disclosure(s):
HEARTSafe Community Program Advisory Committee Members: No financial relationships to disclose
David B. Hiltz, EMT-P (RET): Code One Training Solutions and Shok Enterprises: Employment (Ongoing)
Richard C. Shok, RN, NRP, EMS-I: Code One Training Solutions and Shok Enterprises: Employment (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing)
Summary: This program will focus on the importance of leadership, planning, strategy and tactics in improving SCA survival in the community through the systematic implementation of recommendations based on current science and innovative best practices.

Synopsis: This workshop will focus on the importance of leadership, strategy and tactics in improving cardiac arrest survival in the community through the systematic implementation of specific recommendations based on current science and innovative best practices.

An experienced and diverse faculty will discuss these key concepts and their relationship to the planning, implementation and measuring of interrelated, action-oriented steps that, when combined, enable short- and- long term improvements in cardiac arrest related policy, practice and outcomes.

Faculty and special guests will tap into and share real world experiences in implementation, including successes and failures.

This workshop features faculty-participant interaction and discussion. Additionally, participants will be provided an orientation to a wide variety of resources from world-recognized organizations and industry partners, including scientific statements, videos and other resources organized in a free web-based guide.

The program 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.

Learning Objectives:

  • 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. 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.
  • 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.