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6.2 Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) Articles on EMS
Source: Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS), United States (date of information: 2016)
Link: Measuring Data for EMS Improvement
Application/Key learning points: This article details the success of King County, Washington, and explains how it achieved better outcomes for cardiac arrest patients and has since been used as a benchmark. In addition, the article explains why we measure and what should be our intentions when we do; gives information about the introduction of a family of measures; provides measurement definitions; and, suggests how data might be displayed properly.
Link: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival to Begin Collecting Data to Measure CPR Quality
Application/Key learning points: There are roughly 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims each year in the United States. In some parts of the country, the chance of survival is a shocking eight per cent. This bleak result isn’t inevitable, however, and some EMS systems have consistently shown they can achieve significantly higher survival rates. This article deals with OHCA survival, monitoring the quality of CPR, recommendations from the American Heart Association about CPR performance, and continuous quality improvement.
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