The Impact of Mock Code Simulation on the Resuscitation Practice and Patient Outcome for Children With Cardiopulmonary Arrest.

Tarek R Hazwani,Naila Shaheen,Zahra Al Hassan,Manal Almutairi,Mohannad Antar,Arwa Alosaimi

doi:10.7759/cureus.9197

Abstract

BackgroundCardiopulmonary arrest is an uncommon event in pediatric patients. Additionally, physicians-in-training see far fewer cardiopulmonary arrest events. Therefore, they have limited confidence in their resuscitation skills. Mock code training with active participation and debriefing may be an effective tool to fill this gap in experience. The aims of the study were to assess the impact of a mock code simulation program on patient outcome for children with cardiopulmonary arrest in a tertiary pediatric academic center and provide evidence that code simulations can improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study conducted in a tertiary academic center. This study had two phases: Phase 1 before the mock code simulation program began (pre-intervention) and Phase 2 after the mock code program began (post-intervention). The data were collected from pediatric patients with cardiopulmonary arrest during the study period who met the inclusion criteria, and variables included the survival rate at hospital discharge, CPR initiation time, time to the first dose of epinephrine, and the adherence rate to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.ResultsA total of 13 patients in the pre-intervention period and 19 patients in the post-intervention period were included. The results showed a significant improvement in team performance represented by a decrease in CPR initiation time post-intervention and improvement in AHA adherence; however, the results did not show a significant difference in the survival rate or mortality within 28 days of the cardiopulmonary arrest event between the pre- and post-intervention groups.ConclusionsMock code simulation was a helpful tool to enhance team performance and improve the quality of cardiac resuscitation and cardiac arrest recognition, while its impact on the survival rate was not significant in our study.

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The aims of the study were to assess the impact of a mock code simulation program on patient outcome for children with cardiopulmonary arrest in a tertiary pediatric academic center and provide evidence that code simulations can improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
The results showed a significant improvement in team performance represented by a decrease in CPR initiation time post-intervention and improvement in American Heart Association (AHA) adherence; the results did not show a significant difference in the survival rate or mortality within 28 days of the cardiopulmonary arrest event between the pre- and post-intervention groups
Cardiopulmonary arrest is considered to be an uncommon event in pediatric patients and requires timely and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve outcomes [1,2]

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Cardiopulmonary arrest is considered to be an uncommon event in pediatric patients and requires timely and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve outcomes [1,2]. Physicians-in-training see far fewer code-blue events than their predecessors did, so they have limited confidence in resuscitation skills [3]. Physicians-in-training see far fewer cardiopulmonary arrest events They have limited confidence in their resuscitation skills. Mock code training with active participation and debriefing may be an effective tool to fill this gap in experience. The aims of the study were to assess the impact of a mock code simulation program on patient outcome for children with cardiopulmonary arrest in a tertiary pediatric academic center and provide evidence that code simulations can improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

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