Joo Yeong Kim, Sung Oh Hwang, Sang Do Shin, Hyuk Jun Yang, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Woo Lee, Kyung Jun Song, Seung Sik Hwang, Gyu Chong Cho, Sung Woo Moon, Kyuseok Kim, Won Young Kim, Seil Oh, Young Ho Kwak
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the conceptualization, development, and implementation processes of the newly established Korean Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Consortium (KoCARC) to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes. METHODS: The KoCARC was established in 2014 by recruiting hospitals willing to participate voluntarily. To enhance professionalism in research, seven research committees, the Epidemiology and Preventive Research Committee, Community Resuscitation Research Committee, Emergency Medical System Resuscitation Research Committee, Hospital Resuscitation Research Committee, Hypothermia and Postresuscitation Care Research Committee, Cardiac Care Resuscitation Committee, and Pediatric Resuscitation Research Committee, were organized under a steering committee...
September 2018: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine