Mobile App to Improve House Officers' Adherence to Advanced Cardiac Life Support Guidelines: Quality Improvement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective and timely delivery of cardiac arrest interventions during in-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation is associated with greater survival. Whether a mobile app that provides timely reminders of critical interventions improves adherence to Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) guidelines among house officers, who may lack experience in leading resuscitations, remains unknown.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a commercially available, dynamic mobile app on house officers' adherence to ACLS guidelines.

Methods

As part of a quality improvement initiative, internal medicine house officers were invited to participate and randomized to lead 2 consecutive cardiac arrest simulations, one with a novel mobile app and one withou

SUBMITTER: Hejjaji V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7267993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature