Failure to Rescue: Replace Fear with Courage and Action

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Susan Davis, DNP, MSN, RN, EMT-P Related seminars and products

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Dr. Susan Davis, a DNP, MSN, RN, EMT-P, has dedicated her career to promoting excellence in life-saving resuscitation practices, drawing from her extensive experience in the American Heart Association, US hospitals, simulation and rescue response programs. Through her work, she and her team have trained over 50,000 healthcare professionals in basic, advanced, and pediatric resuscitation response, improving code blue team performance.

Dr. Davis is the creator of CodePRep™, a program that provides rapid and efficient code blue training from Rapid Response Teams (RRT), simulation centers, nurses and healthcare professionals, aimed at enhancing Basic Life Support (BLS) – empowered resuscitation performance.

Her goal is to create a national network of high-performance resuscitation communities, businesses, schools, and healthcare organizations that offer continuous code blue team training, encouraging and empowering everyone to respond with utmost confidence and proficiency. Because if you have a heart, you’re already qualified!

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Susan Davis is the CEO and founder of CodePRep and has an employment relationship with Lee Health. She receives a consulting fee with Bracco Diagnostics Inc. Susan Davis receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Susan Davis has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Recognize primal fear responses in emergent situations to mitigate them for improved patient care.
2. Analyze the perception gap between in-patient and critical care teams.
3. Plan for early recognition of patient deterioration, using Early Warning Systems and the Visual Acuity Scale.
4. Evaluate the importance of teamwork, effective use of emergency equipment, and coordination in forming a high-performance BLS Rapid Response Team.

Outline

• Define the fight, flight, or freeze response
• Discuss its impact on healthcare professionals in emergencies
• Importance of training to mitigate these responses

• Explore the in-patient responders’ role in ‘critical’ situations
• The role of the Basic Life Support (BLS) RRT
• Case studies to illustrate the real-world application

• Patient acuity concept: Identifying sick vs. not sick
• Differing perceptions and the need for harmonization

• Mindset differences between in-patient and critical care teams
• Strategies to bridge the gap: Empower non-critical care teams
• Leadership of rapid response teams in this transformation

• Timely recognition and response in patient survival
• Function of early warning systems in rapid response situations
• Use the Visual Acuity Scale to detect early deterioration

• Importance of equipment familiarity in emergencies
• Explore defibrillator functions and features through a non-critical care lens
• Tips and tricks for quick and effective ways to create a defibrillator comfort zone

• Role definition and responsibilities within a BLS rapid response team
• Coordinated teamwork in successful patient outcomes
• Case study: Implement the ‘red carpet’ approach

• The significance of hands-on practice for confidence building
• Foster a culture of ownership and excellence
• Demonstrate real-world impact – Cardiac arrest case study

• The ‘pit crew’ approach: Emphasizing teamwork and coordination
• Assign roles and expectations for each team member
• The collective impact of an entire community/culture/system in life-saving

• Role of confidence and self-efficacy in survival rates
• The goal: High-performance rapid response teams trained in BLS/ACLS
• The critical connection between confidence, ACTION, and survival rates

Target Audience

• Nurses 
• Physicians 
• Physician Assistants