Introduction/Background: Of the more than 200,000 patients who suffer cardiac arrest in hospitals andoi:10.1097/01.SIH.0000441654.36601.51Charles PoznerSeth JonesAshley BarashSteven YuleSimulation in healthcare: journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare...
Hospitals with more-active participation in conducting standardized in-situ mock codes have improved survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrestSimulationIn-situ mock codeIn-hospital cardiopulmonary arrestMortalityBasic life supportCardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Even with the promising data, there are no studies that assess the usefulness of a mock code curriculum to the residents of community hospitals OBJECTIVE: To determine if there were any changes in the clinical, procedural and communication skills among residents in a community hospital to codes ...
RESULTS: As of April 2011, 14 mock codes have been conducted among the three hospitals. Data are also available for 89 real codes. There is no difference between the groups in both real code and mock code performance in time to first epinephrine, time to defibrillation, or adherence to AHA...