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The Impact Of The Implementation Of Code-Blue Nurse Champions For Cardiac Arrest, Beverly Holland, Sherri Mendelson
The Impact Of The Implementation Of Code-Blue Nurse Champions For Cardiac Arrest, Beverly Holland, Sherri Mendelson
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: Delayed recognition of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) events can affect survival rates. At the project site, there was a failure to rescue in the medical-surgical population. Key elements of success include staff identifying at-risk patients combined with early interventions to prevent deterioration of cardiac arrest. Survival and favorable outcomes for IHCA (i.e., neurological sequelae) were shown to be highly dependent on several factors, such as a skilled resuscitation team, prompt initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation, and organizational structures to support resuscitation care; therefore, nurses are an integral part of an IHCA response.
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