Cardiac Emergency Response Planning for Schools: A Policy Statement

Kathleen Rose; Monica Martin Goble; Stuart Berger; Ron Courson; Gwen Fosse; Randall Gillary; Joe Halowich; Julia H. Indik; Madeleine Konig; Martha Lopez-Anderson; M. Kathleen Murphy; Mary M. Newman; Jeff Ranous; Comilla Sasson; Howard Taras; Allison Thompson

doi:10.1177/1942602X16655839

Cardiac Emergency Response Planning for Schools: A Policy Statement

Kathleen Rose, Monica Martin Goble, Stuart Berger, Ron Courson, Gwen Fosse, Randall Gillary, Joe Halowich, Julia H. Indik, Madeleine Konig, Martha Lopez-Anderson, M. Kathleen Murphy, Mary M. Newman, Jeff Ranous, Comilla Sasson, Howard Taras, Allison Thompson

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A sudden cardiac arrest in school or at a school event is potentially devastating to families and communities. An appropriate response to such an event-as promoted by developing, implementing, and practicing a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP)-can increase survival rates. Understanding that a trained lay-responder team within the school can make a difference in the crucial minutes between the time when the victim collapses and when emergency medical services arrive empowers school staff and can save lives. In 2015, the American Heart Association convened a group of stakeholders to develop tools to assist schools in developing CERPs. This article reviews the critical components of a CERP and a CERP team, the factors that should be taken into account when implementing the CERP, and recommendations for policy makers to support CERPs in schools.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	263-270
Number of pages	8
Journal	NASN school nurse (Print)
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16655839
State	Published - Sep 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

advocacy
cardiac emergency response plan
policy
school health
sudden cardiac arrest

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General Medicine

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Rose, K., Martin Goble, M., Berger, S., Courson, R., Fosse, G., Gillary, R., Halowich, J., Indik, J. H., Konig, M., Lopez-Anderson, M., Murphy, M. K., Newman, M. M., Ranous, J., Sasson, C., Taras, H., & Thompson, A. (2016). Cardiac Emergency Response Planning for Schools: A Policy Statement. NASN school nurse (Print), 31(5), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16655839

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