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.