Steven M Loscalzo, Lauren J White, Samuel Rosenblatt, Charlotte Z Woods-Hill, Felipe Teran, Heather Wolfe, Adam S Himebauch, Christie Glau, Akira Nishisaki, Thomas W Conlon
Ultrasound in Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation: Constructing Comprehensive Implementation Frameworks in High-Risk Settings
Pediatric emergency care
united states 475000 americans die cardiac arrest annually demands providers competent management cardiovascular emergencies despite need lack research regarding better provide training medical students address cardiopulmonary emergencies hypothesize participating medical students acls instructors program improve students emergency management clinical teaching competencies university south dakota sanford school medicine usd ssom developed implemented acls instructor aclsi course medical students aclsi course accommodate 15 aclscertified ms3 students good academic standing first 11 studentinstructors university south dakota sanford school medicine usd ssom class 2023 admitted program 2021 additional 5 student instructors usd ssom class 2024 added 2022 obtaining instructor status studentinstructors involved teaching acls classes participants knowledge skills confidence assessed using assurance index based acls assessment end 4th year medical school added component quiz assess individuals comfortability teaching peers clinical emergencies assessment participants knowledge skills confidence control group usd ssom students inclusion criteria control group include current student status usd ssom acls provider certification exclusion criteria includes current prior acls instructor certification july 2021 11 students class 2023 admitted acls instructor program comprised research group prior admission 75 students class tested acls knowledge skills results shown baseline aclsi cohort test scores statistically significantly different control group current data demonstrates aclsi students typical representation entire cohort prior admission program sessions 10 different subjects covered aclsi students 5 students class 2024 enrolled aclsi course continued participation sessions aclsi group expected demonstrate higher acls teaching competencies curriculum progresses