Stayin' Alive: Beyond the ACLS Algorithms

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Survival rate for in-hospital cardiac arrest is less than 20%, highlighting the importance of implementing evidence-based strategies during and post resuscitation. An APRN and a critical care clinical pharmacy specialist review evidence of when to administer epinephrine, monitoring end-tidal CO2 to guide resuscitation, implementation of prone CPR and mechanical compression devices, as well as help you determine if targeted temperature management is still cool.

Objectives

Describe evidence for resuscitating in-hospital cardiac arrest patients (eg, timing of epinephrine administration, achieving quality CPR).
Evaluate the evidence for prone CPR to help clinicians determine its effectiveness and implementation in the clinical setting.
Interpret the postresuscitation literature to guide the use of targeted temperature management.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.