Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
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Heather Wolfe, MD: No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
This session overviews the epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation and introduces the concepts of never events as a patient safety problem and simulation for resuscitation training. Also discussed is the current rapid response system that is mobilized to responds to patient deterioration pre-arrest.
Presentations in this session: Should unanticipated cardiac arrest be a thing of the past? - Heather Wolfe, MD Quality Improvement Processes Will Prevent All In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests - Maya Dewan, MD, MPH Rare Events Need Highly Skilled Teams to Resuscitate - Kiran Hebbar, MD, FCCM
