Preventing cardiac arrest in high-risk children by implementing low-cost technology independent quality improvement safety bundle

Commentary on: Alten J, Cooper DS, Klugman D, Raymond TT, Wooton S, Garza J, Clarke-Myers K, Anderson J, Pasquali SK, Absi M, Affolter JT, Bailly DK, Bertrandt RA, Borasino S, Dewan M, Domnina Y, Lane J, McCammond AN, Mueller DM, Olive MK, Ortmann L, Prodhan P, Sasaki J, Scahill C, Schroeder LW, Werho DK, Zaccagni H, Zhang W, Banerjee M, Gaies M; PC4 CAP Collaborators. Preventing Cardiac Arrest in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Through Multicenter Collaboration. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Oct 1;176(10):1027-1036. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2238... Implications for practice and research Prevention of cardiac arrest in high-risk children is feasible through implementation of low-cost technology independent quality improvement safety bundle. Cardiac Arrest Prevention (CAP) safety bundle may reduce intrahospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) in high-risk patients admitted in the non-cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). Context Paediatric IHCA continues to have high morbidity and mortality, and despite...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Child health Commentary Source Type: research