CRISIS CODE: TEACHING CRISIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO ENHANCE MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Stanford Anesthesia and Informatics Media Lab.

Healthcare professionals are required to handle medical emergencies and crises. These situations require teamwork and evidence-based techniques. This course will teach physicians crisis resource management principles and the provision of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) during cardiac arrest.

Each module of this course will include learning trigger videos and video podcast lectures.

This course is designed for physicians in all specialties who work in the hospital and teaching settings.

• Original Release Date: March 19, 2012
• Latest Review Date: September 8, 2014
• Expiration Date: August 31, 2017
• Estimated Time to Complete: 7 Hours
• CME Credits Offered: 7.00
• Registration Fee: FREE

• Review the information below and complete the entire activity.
• Complete the CME Post-test, CME Assessment Survey, and CME Activity Completion Statement at the end of the activity.
• You must receive a score of 75% or higher on the 37-question post-test in order to receive a certificate. You will have two attempts to answer each multiple-choice question, (or one attempt for questions with only two options) to pass the post-test.
• Once you attest to completing the entire online activity and have scored 75% or higher on the post-test, your certificate will be generated automatically and will be available on your Dashboard page.
• Physicians will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. All other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Develop strategies to implement Crisis Resource Management principles and their application during cardiac arrest treatment.
• Develop strategies to utilize updated guidelines for management of cardiac arrest.
• Develop strategies to build skills for airway management and vascular access.
• Develop strategies to build skills for management of PEA (Pulseless Electrical Activity)/Asystole, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, symptomatic bradycardia, and unstable supraventricular tachycardia.
• Develop strategies to build skills for post-resuscitation management.

1. Introduction to Crisis Resource Management (47 minutes)
2. The Science of ACLS (50 minutes)
3. Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation (73 Minutes)
4. Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)/Asytole (80 Minutes)
5. Airway Management and Vascular Access (30 Minutes)
6. Symptomatic Bradycardia (42 Minutes)
7. Unstable Supraventricular Tachycardia (78 Minutes)
8. Post-resuscitation Management (28 Minutes)

The following planners, speakers and authors have indicated that they have no relationships with industry to disclose relative to the content of this activity:

Lawrence Chu, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Stanford School of Medicine
Course Director
Author/Presenter
Content Reviewer

T. Kyle Harrison, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia (affiliated) 
Health Research and Policy
Stanford School of Medicine
Co-Course Director
Author/Presenter

Michael Mayette, MD
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine and Critical Care Division
The University of Sherbrooke
Author/Presenter

Mike McAuliffe
Stanford EdTech

Greg Bruhns
Stanford Online

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Chu, Larry, Andrea Fuller, Sara Goldhaber-Fibert, and T. Kyle Harrison. A Visual Guide to Crisis Management. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011.

Gaba, David. Crisis management in anesthesiology. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1994.

Pierre, Michael. Crisis management in acute care settings: Human factors and team psychology in a high stakes environment. Berlin New York: Springer, 2008.

Sinz, Elizabeth (Editor), Kenneth Navarro (Editor), Erik S. Soderberg (Editor). Advanced cardiovascular life support. Dallas, TX: American Heart Association, 2011.