Beyond the Shock

Join us for a preview of ZOLL Medical's education sessions at the 2024 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (AACN NTI) in Denver, CO. Our guest educators will give an overview of their sessions, focusing on advanced resuscitation techniques and innovations in critical care.Discover their passion for education and improving patient outcomes through engaging, informative sessions at this May's conference. Whether you're an experienced critical care nurse or new to the field, these sessions offer valuable insights to help you excel.Visit www.zoll.com/NTI for the full schedule.  We hope to see you at NTI24 in Denver!April/May 2024 * 10 min 11 sec

In this episode we delve into Rapid Response Teams (RRT) and explore their implementation, structure, and impact on outcomes. Our guest, Fiona Winterbottom, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Ochsner Health, shares with us the evolution of their program and discusses the details from her 2022 paper, A Patient Safety Solution: A Pre- Post Evaluation of a 24/7 Nurse-led Proactive Rapid Response Program. Listen now for more on their remarkable metrics and tips for implementing and enhancing Rapid Response Teams. Find the International Journal of Critical Care paper,  A Patient Safety Solution: A Pre- Post Evaluation of a 24/7 Nurse-led Proactive Rapid Response Program here: https://wfccn-ijcc.com/index.php/ijcc/article/view/32/28 March 2024 * 26 min 30 sec

Today’s in-hospital staffing includes a changing mix of BLS and ACLS nurses and programs for cardiac arrest response must adapt accordingly. In this episode, we explore the changing mix and delve into the experience of how one hospital is tailoring their training and response program to maximize strengths and build confidence. Plus, we learn about their outstanding results from recent training and mock code data with an impressive time to first shock.November 2023 * 22 min 34 sec

Nurse staffing in the post-pandemic environment has brought new challenges and exacerbated old ones. How these challenges affect in-hospital cardiac arrest response is multi-faceted. In this episode, we discuss how hospitals are overcoming them and ways to help maintain focus on response time and patient care.Special thanks to Tony Ringelstein and Stacie McCauley.CitationsUldrich B, et al. National Nurse Work Environments – October 2021: A Status Report. Crit Care Nurse. 2022;42(5):58–70.The speakers and guests in this series may have a financial or advisory relationship with ZOLL Medical Corporation.