Improving Time to Defibrillation at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Presenter Information

Sairamya Bodempudi, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Lisa Wus, DNP, RN, CRNP, PCCN-CMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Juergen Kloo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Patrick Zeniecki, MA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Frances Mae West, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Yair Lev, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-27-2021 9:00 AM

End Date

5-27-2021 5:00 PM

Description

Aims for Improvement

• Increase in timely defibrillation by 30% over 1 year
• Decrease in the amount of Vfib/VTach cardiac arrests that are not defibrillated to <1% within a 1 year time frame

Keywords

Cardiac arrest, Resuscitation, Defibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia

Comments

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