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Improving Time To Defibrillation At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Sairamya Bodempudi, Md, Lisa Wus, Dnp, Rn, Crnp, Pccn-Cmc, Juergen Kloo, Md, Patrick Zeniecki, Ma, Frances Mae West, Md, Yair Lev, Md May 2021

Improving Time To Defibrillation At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Sairamya Bodempudi, Md, Lisa Wus, Dnp, Rn, Crnp, Pccn-Cmc, Juergen Kloo, Md, Patrick Zeniecki, Ma, Frances Mae West, Md, Yair Lev, Md

Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit

Aims for Improvement

  • Increase in timely defibrillation by 30% over 1 year
  • Decrease in the amount of Vfib/VTach cardiac arrests that are not defibrillated to <1% within a 1 year time frame


Management Of Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation With Double Sequential Defibrillation, Kaitlyn A. Brown Jan 2021

Management Of Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation With Double Sequential Defibrillation, Kaitlyn A. Brown

Capstone Showcase

Patients experiencing cardiac arrest are treated according to ACLS protocols, however current protocols lack recommendations for the treatment of refractory Ventricular Fibrillation which persists after more than 3 cycles of CPR and defibrillation. One potential intervention for these cases that is being researched is the use of simultaneous or sequential activation of two defibrillators. This literature review analyzed the results of several studies to determine if double sequential defibrillation (DSD) is a viable treatment to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and improved patient survival. The results of the studies were mixed with some showing positive outcomes, and others showing …