Exploring Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival - Proceedings of a Workshop (Paperback)

Cardiac arrest often strikes seemingly healthy individuals without warning and without regard to age, gender, race, or health status. Representing the third leading cause of death in the United States, cardiac arrest is defined as "a severe malfunction or cessation of the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart ... [which] results in almost instantaneous loss of consciousness and collapse". Although the exact number of cardiac arrests is unknown, conservative estimates suggest that approximately 600,000 individuals experience a cardiac arrest in the United States each year. In June 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its consensus report Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act, which evaluated the factors affecting resuscitation research and outcomes in the United States. Following the release of this report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to hold a workshop to explore the barriers and opportunities for advancing the IOM recommendations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Building a National Cardiac Arrest Surveillance System 3 Advancing Cardiac Arrest Research and Translation 4 Improving Public Awareness and Training 5 Enhancing the Emergency Medical Services Response to Cardiac Arrest 6 Enhancing Hospital Response to Cardiac Arrest 7 Effective Collaboration for Cardiac Arrest Appendix A: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine Report *Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act* Appendix B: Workshop Agenda

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2016
Authors:	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine • Health and Medicine Division • Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Editors:	Andrea M. Schultz • Margaret A. McCoy
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-45191-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	0-309-45191-4
Barcode:	9780309451918

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