TY - JOUR
T1 - Resuscitation Education
T2 - Narrowing the Gap Between Evidence-Based Resuscitation Guidelines and Performance Using Best Educational Practices
AU - Hunt, Elizabeth A.
AU - Fiedor-Hamilton, Melinda
AU - Eppich, Walter J.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Recent data from in- and out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests reveal that health care teams frequently deviate from American Heart Association guidelines during resuscitation efforts. These discrepancies between the current state of evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and the quality of basic and advanced life support actually delivered represent a missed opportunity and provide a significant target for optimizing patient outcomes through improved educational effectiveness. This article presents discussion of the quality of resuscitation delivered to patients, a brief history of the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and attempts to translate the science of resuscitation to the bedside through effective educational strategies, a review of educational best practices that relate to resuscitation education, and discussion of the role of medical simulation in resuscitation training.
AB - Recent data from in- and out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests reveal that health care teams frequently deviate from American Heart Association guidelines during resuscitation efforts. These discrepancies between the current state of evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and the quality of basic and advanced life support actually delivered represent a missed opportunity and provide a significant target for optimizing patient outcomes through improved educational effectiveness. This article presents discussion of the quality of resuscitation delivered to patients, a brief history of the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and attempts to translate the science of resuscitation to the bedside through effective educational strategies, a review of educational best practices that relate to resuscitation education, and discussion of the role of medical simulation in resuscitation training.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.04.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18675032
AN - SCOPUS:48049115807
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 55
SP - 1025
EP - 1050
JO - Pediatric clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -