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National registry findings may breathe new life into CPR and cardiac care

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 5, 2005

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The National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR) recently released data that may lead to changes in the way staff handle cardiac arrests. NRCPR is a registry that tracks and assesses the resuscitation efforts of more than 300 facilities that report such information voluntarily. Some information gathered includes the unit in which the arrests occurred, factors leading up to the arrest, and survival rates. From this information, organizations make certain recommendations in training and care, such as increasing the use of automated external defibrillators among nurses and the development of pre-arrest emergency response teams. Currently, facilities must report resuscitation-related data to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Under NRCPR's program, participating facilities receive, in return for their data, comparative benchmarking data to help them watch treatment patterns and outcomes and to make systems improvements. Data gathered by NRCPR is being considered for the revisions to the American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and emergency cardiac care due out in December.

For more information about NRCRP, click here.

Source: Advanstar Communication, Inc.

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