Resuscitation education: narrowing the gap between evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and performance using best educational practices.
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.
Hunt
Elizabeth A
EA
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. ehunt@jhmi.edu
Fiedor-Hamilton
Melinda
M
Eppich
Walter J
WJ
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*