For Clinicians
Sudden cardiac arrest is common and deadly. Nearly all of those who survived to hospital care are critically ill and most are initially comatose from hypoxic ischemic brain injury.
We conceptualize five key junctures at which health care providers can improve outcomes of cardiac arrest. The first two occur prior to the post-arrest period, and entail primary prevention (and harm reduction), and development of systems of care to deliver timely and high-quality CPR and advanced cardiac life support.
After resuscitation has occurred, key opportunities to improve outcomes are:
Early resuscitation, risk stratification and individualization of care
Post-acute wrap-around services including rehabilitation, secondary prevention and comprehensive support of survivors and cosurvivors.
Our clinical work focuses delivering the highest level of care at the bedside throughout the continuum of post-arrest care. Our academic work focuses on knowledge creation and dissemination through research, teaching and clinical exposure.