Education, Implementation, and Teams: 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

Circulation. 2020 Oct 20;142(16_suppl_1):S222-S283. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000896. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Abstract

For this 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, the Education, Implementation, and Teams Task Force applied the population, intervention, comparator, outcome, study design, time frame format and performed 15 systematic reviews, applying the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation guidance. Furthermore, 4 scoping reviews and 7 evidence updates assessed any new evidence to determine if a change in any existing treatment recommendation was required. The topics covered included training for the treatment of opioid overdose; basic life support, including automated external defibrillator training; measuring implementation and performance in communities, and cardiac arrest centers; advanced life support training, including team and leadership training and rapid response teams; measuring cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance, feedback devices, and debriefing; and the use of social media to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation application.

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; basic life support; education; opioid overdose.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / education
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / standards*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / therapy*
  • Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards*
  • First Aid / methods
  • First Aid / standards
  • Heart Arrest / therapy
  • Hospital Rapid Response Team / organization & administration
  • Hospital Rapid Response Team / standards
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Opiate Overdose / therapy
  • Task Performance and Analysis