SCCM Resource Library-Quality Improvement Processes Will Prevent All In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

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Maya Dewan, Division Director of Critical Care Medicine at Cincinnati Children's, discusses the importance of quality improvement processes in preventing in-hospital cardiac arrests. She emphasizes the need for a systems-based approach and focusing on preventable, avoidable, and unanticipated cardiac arrests. Maya highlights the value of prediction in cardiac arrest prevention, as early warning signs of deterioration can be recognized and treated by hospital staff. She explains the concept of situation awareness, which involves perceiving information, comprehending its meaning, and anticipating possible risks. Maya provides insights into improving and standardizing patient identification, sharing a mental model, and creating a medication plan. She describes the use of automated criteria and the importance of usability testing in electronic health records. Maya also discusses the implementation of huddles and action response plans to ensure shared situation awareness and preparedness for high-risk patients. She shares data on the significant decrease in cardiac arrests achieved through these quality improvement processes. Maya concludes by emphasizing the importance of building situation awareness and standardizing identification as immediate steps that can be taken to prevent in-hospital cardiac arrests.

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Quality and Patient Safety, Cardiovascular, 2023

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Type: one-hour concurrent | Are All Inpatient Cardiac Arrests Avoidable? (Pediatrics) (SessionID 1214018)

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Area Cardiovascular

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

Tag Evidence Based Medicine

Tag Cardiac Arrest

Year 2023

Keywords

quality improvement processes

in-hospital cardiac arrests

early warning signs

situation awareness

patient identification

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