Improving Understanding Of and Compliance With Anti-Shivering Protocols During Therapeutic Hypothermia with Just-In-Time Training

Presenter Information

Brittany Heckel, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Eunice Lee, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Courtney Curran, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Kasun Navarathna, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Henry Lee, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Lucy Maguire, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
Malissa Pynes, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Shyam Majmundar, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Alexander Buslov, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Syed Shah, MD, MBA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Matthew Vibbert, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-27-2021 9:00 AM

End Date

5-27-2021 5:00 PM

Description

• Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest has been demonstrated to improve neurologic outcomes and survival rates following cardiac arrest.
• Shivering during hypothermia increases metabolic demand, increases oxygen consumption and increases difficulty maintaining desired temperatures.
• Gaps in knowledge can lead to inadequate management of shivering, leading

Aims for Improvement

To improve understanding of and compliance with anti-shivering protocols during therapeutic hypothermia post-cardiac arrest.

Keywords

shivering, therapeutic hypothermia, quality improvement

Comments

Presented at the 2021 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference