Christian Vaillancourt, Manya Charette, Soha Khorsand, Erica Shligold, Chelsea Lanos, Jennifer Dale-Tam, Alexandre Tran, Loree Boyle, Sylvie Aucoin, Jerry Maniate, Hilary Meggison, Michael Hartwick, Glenn Posner
OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the impact of a COVID-19 Code Blue policy on in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) processes of care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality metrics, and survival to hospital discharge. METHODS: We completed a health record review of consecutive IHCA for which resuscitation was attempted. We report Utstein outcomes and CPR quality metrics 33 months before (July,2017-March,2020) and after (April,2020-December,2022) the implementation of a COVID-19 Code Blue policy requiring all team members to don personal protective equipment including gown, gloves, mask, and eye protection for all IHCA...
March 8, 2024: Resuscitation