The public release of what could be a landmark report from the Institute of Medicine Committee on Treatment of Cardiac Arrest will take place on June 30 at 11 a.m. in Washington, D.C. The event will be open to the public. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation urges survivors and family members affected by sudden cardiac arrest, representatives of nonprofit organizations concerned about cardiac arrest, and industry representatives to participate in person or remotely.
PITTSBURGH, PA--The public release of what could be a landmark report from the Institute of Medicine Committee on Treatment of Cardiac Arrest: Current Status and Future Directions will take place on June 30 in Washington, D.C. The highly anticipated report will reveal the results of a 15-month study on the current status and future opportunities to improve cardiac arrest outcomes in the United States. Like other IOM reports, it may recommend specific actions to be taken by specific groups.
The study, led by Robert Graham, MD, Committee Chair, of The George Washington University, and Mickey Eisenberg, MD, MPH, PhD, Vice Chair, of the University of Washington Medical Center, aimed to:
- Examine current statistics and variability regarding survival rates from cardiac arrest in the U.S.
- Assess the state of scientific evidence on existing lifesaving therapies and public health strategies that could improve survival rates
- Focus on promising areas of research and next steps to improve the quality of care for cardiac arrest.
Topics addressed in the study include:
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
- EMS and hospital resuscitation systems of care
- National cardiac arrest statistics
- The state of resuscitation research in the U.S.
- Next steps to significantly enhance survival rates from cardiac arrest.
The study was sponsored by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Committee meetings took place in March, June and August 2014. Committee members include:
- Dianne Atkins, MD, University of Iowa
- Tom Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Lance Becker, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Bentley Bobrow, MD, Arizona Department of Health Services
- Nisha Chandra Strobos, MD, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Marina Del Rios, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Al Hallstrom, PhD, University of Washington
- Daniel Kramer, MD, Harvard Medical School
- Roger Lewis, MD, PhD, Harbor UCLA Medical Center
- David Markenson, MD, Sky Ridge Medical Center
- Raina Merchant, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Robert Myerburg, MD, University of Miami
- Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, University of Michigan
- Robin Newhouse, MD, University of Maryland at Baltimore
- Ralph Sacco, MD, University of Miami
- Arthur Sanders, MD, University of Arizona
- Clyde Yancy, MD, Northwestern University.
The release will be held at the National Academy of Sciences Building, Room 125, Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20418 on June 30 at 11 a.m. ET.
Survivors and families affected by sudden cardiac arrest, representatives of nonprofit organizations concerned about cardiac arrest, and resuscitation industry representatives are encouraged to participate. Members of the public may register to attend the report release and may participate in a question and answer session. To register, click here.
Members of the public may also participate remotely by going to the public report release meeting page at 11 am. Remote participants who wish to comment on the proceedings or pose a question to committee members during the question and answer session can do so via the comment box embedded immediately below the video player.
For more information about the Committee, click here.
For a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation report on the Committee meeting in June 2014, click here.
For a report on the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation presentation before the Committee in June 2014, click here.