Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults,
yet it need not be fatal. Though survival in most communities is
very poor, a few communities achieve rates as high as 50%. Why are
some communities so successful in snatching life from the jaws of
death? "Resuscitate " describes the steps any EMS system can take
to improve cardiac arrest survival. It is written for the medical
directors, administrative directors, fire chiefs, dispatch
directors, and program supervisor who direct and run EMS systems
all across the country, and for the EMTs, paramedics, and
dispatchers who provide frontline care.
This second edition of "Resuscitate " provides fifteen concrete
steps to improve survival. Four steps will lead to rapid
improvements at the local level and are relatively easy to
implement. Six additional steps are more difficult to implement but
also likely to improve survival. The remaining steps recommend
changes at the national level.
"Resuscitate " is the official textbook for the Resuscitation
Academy, held twice a year in Seattle. Cosponsored by Seattle Medic
One, King County EMS, and the Medic One Foundation, the Academy
draws attendees from throughout the world for two intensive days of
classes, demonstrations, and workshops to acquire the knowledge and
tools to improve survival in their own communities. This new
edition includes lessons learned from attendees of the Academy as
well as from the faculty's evolving thoughts on how to measure
performance and improve survival, one community at a time. It also
includes an addendum on the Resuscitation Academy
(resuscitationacademy.org).
For more than thirty years, Mickey S. Eisenberg M.D., Ph.D., has
played a leading role in developing King County, Washington's
emergency response to cases of sudden cardiac arrest, a system
recognized as among the very best in the nation. He is a professor
of medicine at the University of Washington and serves as the
medical director of King County Emergency Medical Services.
"If you care about sudden cardiac arrest in your community and
how emergency medical services respond to this critical emergency,
I can think of no more important book than this."-from the Foreword
by Roger D. White, M.D., Mayo Clinic
"Eisenberg has done a remarkable job in articulating the steps
to be taken for communities to improve survival from sudden cardiac
arrest. "Resuscitate " is a 'best in class' and one of a kind guide
that provides inspiration as well as direction in translating
resuscitatioin science into practice. It is essential for all those
who seek to establish strategies to improve survival and quality of
life for cardiac arrest victims whose hearts are 'too young to
die.'" -David B. Hiltz, EMT-P Resuscitation Academy Alumni
"This book was transformative to me and to the EMS system in
Durham, North Carolina. I read it cover to cover and attended the
Resuscitation Academy. Eisenberg and his colleagues gave me the
knowledge, the tools, and the inspiration to improve resuscitation
in Durham. Step by step we are getting better and more lives are
being saved." -Captain David Jacobs, Durham County Fire
Department
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