The RACE-CARS Trial is led by a team of researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in partnership with participating EMS agencies, hospitals, 911-dispatch, fire, rescue, law enforcement agencies, and communities throughout North Carolina. The trial will last 7 years and is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
The Trial aims to improve outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims. The trial will evaluate whether a set of customized health system and community-based interventions implemented within North Carolina counties can improve survival to hospital discharge with good neurologic function relative to usual care for OHCA patients.
Watch SCA Foundation Board Member, Johnnie Davis, as he describes his sudden cardiac arrest and life post-survival at a recent RACE-CARS Trial meeting.
Special thanks to Lisa Monk MSN, RN, CPHQ, for sharing this video.