Improving IHCA Outcomes
Benchmark your hospital against ILCOR's
“10 Steps to Improve In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest”*
“10 Steps to Improve In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest”*
Take the assessment to see how your organization measures up.
* Steps based on recommendations in Chan PS, et al. Resuscitation. 2023 Dec;193:109996. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109996
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Rate your agreement with the following statements on a scale of 1 (not true) to 5 (true).
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1. My hospital has governance, policies, and infrastructure in place to support a resuscitation program.
2. My hospital currently collects data to measure and improve resuscitation processes and outcomes.
3. My hospital regularly offers effective resuscitation education and training.
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4. My hospital regularly establishes patient and family treatment goals early and reassess them often.
5. My hospital has early warning systems and resources in place to help predict, identify, and respond to deteriorating patients and help prevent in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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6. My hospital has developed and deployed an effective, hospital-wide, high-quality resuscitation system that includes an interdisciplinary team of experienced healthcare professionals.
7. My hospital uses real-time feedback to ensure that the rate, depth, recoil, and compression fraction during high-quality CPR fall within AHA and/or ERC Guidelines.
8. My hospital empowers multidisciplinary teams to provide Guidelines-based post-cardiac arrest care.
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9. My hospital fosters a person-centered culture of care excellence that includes culturally appropriate patient communications, post-discharge plans with targeted resources, and grief and bereavement resources.
10. My hospital ensures the well-being of healthcare professionals through a holistic focus on psychological, physical, and spiritual needs.
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We hope this review has helped you identify some of the strengths of your program as well as areas where you can focus continuous quality improvement efforts.
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