Complimentary Continental Breakfast with the Experts

Join Dr. Paul Pepe, Dr. Michael Sayre, Dr. Jeff Clawson, Dr. Bob Berg, Dr. Ben Abella, Dr. James Jude, Dr. Vinay Nadkarni, Dr. Tom Aufderheide, Dr. Guy Knickerbocker and others for informal discussions around the breakfast table.

Opening Remarks and Introductions

CPR Across America: Keys to Successful Mass Training Events

Learn from experience in this concentrated presentation on planning and preparing for a community mass CPR/AED training event, based on the ambitious mass training events leading up to ECCU. In this exciting multi-media presentation you'll explore the who, what, where, how and why of putting together a successful event.

Sex, Drugs and R&R (Resuscitation & Reanimation)

Learn the latest about the evolving new field of resuscitative endocrinology in an informative and entertaining special session. A wealth of experimental literature now demonstrates the effectiveness of therapeutic infusions of certain sex hormones to improve resuscitation outcomes. Hear about the proposed implementation of three "investigational new drug" clinical trials.

Implementing the New Guidelines (repeated from Thursday)

Hot and Cold Issues in Pediatric and Neonatal Resuscitation

Learn from two of the world's leading experts. Dr. Perlman led the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) evidence evaluation process for neonates in 2005 and 2010 and is world renowned for his resuscitation research on neonatal brain injury and post-resuscitation care. Dr. Berg led the translation of the ILCOR evidence evaluation and Consensus on Science into the AHA guidelines for Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support, and the creation of the generation of training materials to implement this science. Explore key elements of the new guidelines and treatment recommendations for pediatric resuscitation, including the power and pitfalls of a C-A-B vs. A-B-C approach for children, the recommendations for and against "hands-only" CPR for children, and the growing evidence for Medical Emergency Response teams in pediatric hospitals.

Emerging Concepts

The Next Generation AED: New Features and Capabilities

Where is the technology taking us? What are the emerging trends, challenges and future potential? What are the pros and cons of device standardization? Hear how the latest features of current AED devices improve user friendliness and facilitate faster defibrillation.

Instructor Tools and Training

Cues and Clues to Enhance Citizen CPR

Bystander CPR continues to become simpler and more streamlined, so why don't more people perform it during an actual emergency? Could it be performance anxiety? Maybe it's time we add a bit of student confidence to our classes. In this enriching and entertaining session that is sure to get you on your feet, you will learn both cues and clues to aid in building responder confidence.

Special Interest

Treatment of "Witnessed" Choking in the Dispatch Life Support Environment

Current guidelines call for the provision of CPR for unconscious victims of choking for various reasons, including simplicity, the risk of cardiac arrest and research suggesting the effectiveness of compressions in relieving foreign body airway obstruction. This case study suggests that the unique factors associated with Dispatch Life Support (DLS), including timeliness, training and protocol, may call for more definitive treatment of the obviously obstructed patient, namely the Heimlich Maneuver.

Take Heart America

A Systems-Based Approach to Improving SCA Survival

Take Heart America (THA) is a demonstration project designed to show how cardiac arrest survival rates in America's cities can be significantly increased through a comprehensive, community-wide approach. THA has deployed state-of-the art resuscitation science strategies and outreach programs in four demonstration communities and has successfully proved the validity of its general concept by increasing survival rates by 8.4 to 19 percent.

Hospital-Based CPR

Providing CPR Discharge Training to Parents of High-Risk Children

Discharge teaching begins at admission and by the time families leave for home they can have a complex list of things to learn, of which CPR is just one. Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital incorporated a standardized, reproducible and cost-effective way to train families at discharge by providing the "CPR Anytime™" kit free of charge to parents. Learn how this program was developed, how it has been received by staff and patients, and the evidence of its effectiveness.

Military Training Network

Lessons from the Road: Learn the Secrets of "Best Practice" Training

MTN Director/Administrator

Emerging Concepts

Innovations in Resuscitation Technology

Learn about current challenges in resuscitation and defibrillation and how to overcome them with future technologies and optimized CPR practices. Professor Anderson and his colleagues (including Professors Pantridge and Adgey) have studied resuscitation technology and practices for nearly 40 years. Their united goal has been to optimize resuscitation practices to significantly improve survival rates out-of-hospital.

Instructor Tools and Training

Basic Life Skills: Training in Elementary Schools and Student Youth Groups

"Junior Rescue" BLS workshops have educated more than 120,000 elementary kids. Learn from program developer Annette Trevorrow the value of exposing children to these concepts beginning in kindergarten.

Take Heart America

Developing Community, EMS and Hospital Training Programs

The Take Heart America approach has proven successful in a variety of communities of different sizes and types. This session focuses on developing community, EMS and hospital training programs, including presentation of toolkits, high-performance CPR and Level 1 cardiac arrest centers.

Hospital-Based CPR

Quality Improvement for Resuscitation in Hospital Settings

With the recent renaissance in resuscitation science, the performance improvement opportunities have grown exponentially. Particularly in the inpatient environment, where patients are monitored in advance of resuscitation events, there is a unique opportunity to collect data to better understand arrest physiology, guide hospital surveillance efforts and refine training for providers. This session will explore opportunities in data collection as a quality assurance tool for the inpatient environment, using the University of California San Diego Resuscitation Program as a model.

Special Interest

Effective Public Advocacy: How EMS and Community Champions Can Work Together for Change

Patients and providers need to work together to advocate more effectively for changes in laws and policies at the local, state and federal levels. Jim Madaffer led the effort that resulted in San Diego Project Heart Beat, a community-wide initiative that has deployed nearly 7,000 AEDs in San Diego businesses and public venues. Then you'll learn what you need to know about current AED legislation from Andrew Roszak, one of the foremost authorities in this field.

Military Training Network

The Road Ahead: Building a strong Military Training Network, Maximizing Service and Support

MTN Director/Administrator

LUNCH/EXHIBITS OPEN

Lifeguard Rescue Demonstration

Grab your lunch and join us for a short walk to San Diego Bay where San Diego Lifeguards will demonstrate a dramatic and exciting water rescue using boats, jet skis and a helicopter.

Tracking Your Success: Using GIS to Identify High-Risk Areas for Cardiac Arrest

GIS technology has been widely used in cancer surveillance work, but little research has been conducted in cardiac arrest. Using mapping technology and analytical software, "high-opportunity" neighborhoods, which have a high incidence of cardiac arrest and low rates of bystander CPR, can be identified. GIS may revolutionize how public health programming is conducted by allowing communities to focus their scarce healthcare resources, such as CPR trainings, in those areas that are most in need. Learn real-world application of this evidence-based approach to CPR training.

Emerging Concepts

The Renaissance of Cardiac Resuscitation

Cardiac resuscitation is changing based on best practice guidelines. The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center has been a leader in this area, demonstrating improved clinical outcomes. It has shown that with improved and sustained perfusion to the cardiac muscle, cardiac damage is reduced and outcome is significantly improved; and that with prompt and early recognition of deterioration, the chain of events can be amended to help improve the end result. Find out how your organization can put these best practices in practice.

Special Interest

Why CPR Rescuers Don't Act

Why do we hear recurring stories of well-trained lay and professional rescuers failing to act? The answer is vital as new standards are introduced and people are expected to change their thinking, behaviors and beliefs. In fact, 'failure to act' conditions may increase as new protocols create uncertainty. Explore the social, psychological and neurophysiologic conditions that set up 'failure to act' situations and learn techniques for overcoming these conditions.

Emerging Concepts

Simulation as a New Paradigm in Resuscitation Education

Simulation-based learning, long the standard in domains such as aerospace where the risk to human life is high, is now being used with increasing frequency in health care. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) of the American Academy of Pediatrics has set the national standard for cognitive, technical and behavioral skills in resuscitation of the newborn since 1987. Find out how the NRP experience can serve as a national model for incorporating simulation-based learning methodologies.

Take Heart America

Crunching the Numbers: The How, What and Why of Data Collection and Analysis

Outcome, return on investment and process analysis all require acute attention to the collection of data. Learn successful strategies for getting data, designing interventions with data in mind, and using the data to not only effect change, but to help in fundraising and grant applications.

Special Interest

Show Me the Money! A Fundraising Model for Community Programs

Major Gifts - what is it? And, how do I get one? The presentation will focus on a fundraising model that has proven successful across the country for many community-based programs. Learn about best practices in soliciting major gifts, and how this might work within your own community. Patricia Mejia is the National Major Gifts Director for the AHA.

Special Interest

The College Campus as a HEARTSafe Community

This session will take a lessons-learned approach to implementation, funding and hurdles in providing CPR and PAD to the collegiate community by describing the successful implementation of a HEARTSafe program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), now in its fifth year.

Special Interest

Implementing Workplace CPR/AED Programs

Comprehensive and functioning workplace CPR and AED programs don't just happen. While businesses generally comply with OSHA's first aid mandates, few go beyond providing trained responders in their worksites. Learn how the National Safety Council works with the industry to establish and maintain comprehensive CPR and AED programs.

Emerging Concepts

Using Electronic Codes to Improve Outcomes

Improving outcomes from in-hospital SCA requires an understanding of current performance and the key indicators that can have the greatest impact, particularly time to first shock and CPR performance. Learn from the experience of Puget Sound (WA) VA Hospital in successfully implementing an electronic code documentation system.

Emerging Concepts

Training Tomorrow's Heroes: The Colorado Springs Experience

The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) chose to train students at Challenger Middle School and provide them with AHA "CPR Anytime™" kits to take the training home to their families. In just 3 years, CSFD has since trained more than 1,000 students, with an additional 5,000 family members trained at home. Learn how this program came to be and hear about its biggest success, when an 8th grader successfully performed CPR on his grandfather.

Take Heart America

Taking it to the Streets: Bringing THA to Your Community

How can your community become a part of Take Heart America? You'll hear about expansion strategies, including an overview of the application and implementation processes and available resources, long-term goals and strategic planning. You will also participate in a discussion of the future of the initiative.

Pro-Con Debate: Teaching Ventilation To Laypersons

One of the hottest controversies is whether to teach "hands-only" CPR or standard CPR with rescue breathing to laypersons. What does educational science say about this? Dr. Mancini is a leading expert in implementation science, chair of the scientific advisory board of AHA's National Registry of CPR and co-chair of ILCOR's Task Force on Education, Implementation and Teams. Dr. Braslow is a leading researcher and expert on bystander behavior and CPR training and co-designer of video-self instruction (VSI) now used by major training organizations. Does traditional or standard CPR training produce competent lifesavers? Should we be teaching "more" but better or just teach "less" because it is easier? Join in the debate and add your perspective.