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CME Activity
SWA Strive to Revive
Faculty
Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD
Guideline Transformation and Optimization Program Consultant
American Heart Association, Veteran’s Administration
Paul Chan, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Saint Luke’s Mid-American Heart Institute
Tanya Truitt, RN, BSN, MSN
Sr. Manager QSI Programs and Operations
American Heart Association
Trudy Orona, MS, RN, CCRN
Life Support Supervisor, University of CO Hospital
Floyd Salazar, Paramedic
Director of Emergency Medical Services
University of CO Hospital
Ryan Morgan, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Cherie Boxberger, MS, MBA, CPHQ
Regional VP, QSI, American Heart Association
David Bressler
Chief Paramedica, Banner Health
Accredited by
American Heart Association
Course Description
At the completion of this online course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss at least two emerging trends in sudden cardiac arrest management.
- Discuss two strategies to improving pre-hospital cardiac arrest survival.
- List at least two strategies for improved cardiac survival in the pediatric population.
- Discuss when and how prognostication tools can be combined with the neurological examination to improve outcome prediction in the post-cardiac arrest population.
- Explain the unique challenges of resuscitation in the non-urban environment and ways to collaborate with urban hospital partners.
- Describe the methodology for the Risk Standardized Cardiac Survival report and identify methods to use this information for process improvement.
- Explain options for Code Blue team creation and give an example of how to use a team for continual quality improvement.
- Explain the science behind poor quality CPR and it’s identification as preventable patient harm.
- Explain issues shared by resuscitation survivors/caregivers into consideration when establishing policy.
Activity Details
| Credit Types: | CME / CE |
| Credit Amount: | 4.25 Credits |
| Release Date: | 2018-Jul-02 |
| Expiration Date: | 2021-Jul-02 |
| Estimated Time for Completion: | 6 hours and 30 minutes |
| Registration Required: | Yes |
| Cost: | Free |
| System Requirements: Internet Explorer 7 or greater, Firefox (Latest Version), Google Chrome, Windows 7 or above, Safari (Latest Version), Adobe Acrobat Reader, Internet Explorer is not supported on the Macintosh, Mac OS 10.4 | |
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