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Improving Time To Defibrillation, Jonathan Eyestone, Dana Gilbreth, Amanda Maloney, Tina Pham
Improving Time To Defibrillation, Jonathan Eyestone, Dana Gilbreth, Amanda Maloney, Tina Pham
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"ABSTRACT TITLE: Improving Time to Defibrillation
Background: Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (PSVMC) Medical Surgical units are not meeting the American Heart Association requirement of less than 3 minutes to defibrillation. Time to defibrillation in codes with shockable rhythms averages 4.2 minutes. In Mock Codes, only one met the time less than 3 minutes; four Mock Codes had times over 5 minutes. Resuscitation Quality Improvement CPR (RQI) training is required quarterly. Defibrillator practice with overall Code Blue competency is annual.
Purpose: Combine the hands-on practice of the defibrillator with the hands-on training for RQI.
Methods: The Medical Surgical unit 6 …