2.5 Educational Presentations
Resident physicians, attending physicians, advanced practitioners,
nurses, and emergency medicine technicians attended presentations during
protected emergency medicine grand rounds. These were private,
closed-door sessions during which participants were reminded that all
information shared was for educational purposes only, and was not to be
discussed outside of the session. Members of the resuscitation team on
the case that was being presented were made aware that the video would
be presented beforehand. Members were able to opt out if desired. Each
session began by emphasizing that review was for educational purposes
only. Researchers presented selected cases with a complete review of
video footage, followed by a lecture on relevant topics related to CPR.
Topics included team roles, point-of-care-ultrasound, treatment of
persistent ventricular fibrillation, airway management during CPR, team
communication, post-resuscitation care, the presence of family during
resuscitation, use of tPA in cardiac arrest, the Lazarus phenomenon,
CPR-induced consciousness, and termination of resuscitation. Videos were
broken down to discuss areas for improvement in communication, pulse
checks, and a number of other factors. Cases chosen for lecture review
remained on the encrypted hard drive until completion of the lecture,
while all other cases were deleted immediately after review.