Improving performance of emergency medical services personnel during resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients: the McMAID approach.
OBJECTIVE
The article presents the method we developed to improve emergency medical service personnel training.


RESULTS
Following the introduction of new prehospital protocol for emergency medical services that initially dramatically improved survival of patients with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we found that without an adequate training and retraining program, survival rates decreased. A new training methodology called McMAID was developed to improve the quality of the resuscitation effort.


CONCLUSIONS
It is possible to train personnel to routinely execute an organized resuscitation if the approach to training is modified.
EMS, Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. Marcia@idcnet.com
Michael J
MJ
Kellum
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D035641:Chest Wall Oscillation / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D047548:Defibrillators; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans