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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xii, 124 pages)) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cardiac arrest often strikes seemingly healthy individuals without warning and without regard to age, gender, race, or health status. Representing the third leading cause of death in the United States, cardiac arrest is defined as "a severe malfunction or cessation of the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart ... [which] results in almost instantaneous loss of consciousness and collapse". Although the exact number of cardiac arrests is unknown, conservative estimates suggest that approximately 600,000 individuals experience a cardiac arrest in the United States each year. In June 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its consensus report Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act, which evaluated the factors affecting resuscitation research and outcomes in the United States. Following the release of this report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to hold a workshop to explore the barriers and opportunities for advancing the IOM recommendations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. |
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This project was supported by Contract ID 81639 and Contract No. 200-2011-38807 (Task Order No. 0055) between the National Academy of Sciences and the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively, and by American Red Cross; Asmund S. Laerdal Foundation; Medtronic Foundation; Physio-Control, Inc.; Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation; and ZOLL Medical Corporation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project. |
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Introduction -- Building a national cardiac arrest surveillance system -- Advancing cardiac arrest research and translation -- Improving public awareness and training -- Enhancing the emergency medical services response to cardiac arrest -- Enhancing hospital response to cardiac arrest -- Effective collaboration for cardiac arrest -- Appendix A; Recommendations from teh Ibnstitute of Medicine report "Strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival: a time to act" -- Appendix B: Workshop agenda [July 11-12, 2016, Washington, DC]. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cardiac arrest -- Treatment -- Congresses.
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Cardiac arrest -- Treatment. |
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Prevention -- Research -- Congresses.
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Prevention. |
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Research. |
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors -- United States -- Congresses.
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors. |
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United States. |
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Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Schultz, Andrea M., rapporteur.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
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Evaluation of (work): Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest: Current Status and Future Directions.
Strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival :.
a time to act.
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Dissemination Workshop on the Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: a Time to Act (2016 : Washington, D.C.)
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Print version: Exploring strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2017] 0309451914 (OCoLC)967372782 |
| ISBN |
9780309451925 (electronic book) |
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0309451922 (electronic book) |
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9780309451918 |
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0309451914 |
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