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Marnie Kelly MBA
Vice President,
Resuscitation Solutions
HealthStream
Many of us have perceptions from popular television shows that resuscitation is almost always effective;
however, the truth is that we are really not as good at resuscitating as you might think. Currently, we are only
able to revive about 24.8% of those with in-hospital cardiac arrest.
New research from the American Heart Association and others is showing that more frequent CPR training is
needed in our healthcare organizations and that real-time feedback using voice-assisted manikins can greatly
improve students’ skills at resuscitation. Even long-time CPR instructors have been shocked to discover that they
do not pass tests incorporating the more sophisticated tools that can be leveraged to measure performance.
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HealthStream E-Book: High-Quality CPR: Breathing New Life into Your Training Program