Take Heart America: A comprehensive, community-wide, systems-based approach to the treatment of cardiac arrest*

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Authors

Charles Lick · Minnesota Department of Transportation

Tom P. Aufderheide

Abstract

The Take Heart America program doubled cardiac arrest survival when compared with historical controls. Study of the feasibility of generalizing this approach to larger cities, states, and regions is underway.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Traumatic Brain Injury Research Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 26-33

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181fa7ce4

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