Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act (2015)

American College of Emergency Physicians

advanced cardiac life support

automated external defibrillator

acute myocardial infarction

Amsterdam Resuscitation Study of North Holland

basic life support

coronary artery disease

Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival

critical care unit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

central nervous system

compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cerebral Performance Category

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

continuous quality improvement

computed tomography

Clinical and Translational Science Awards

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

do-not-attempt-resuscitation status

U.S. Department of Transportation

diagnosis-related group

emergency cardiac care

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

emergency department

early goal-directed therapy

electrocardiogram

emergency medical dispatch protocol reference system

emergency medical services

emergency medical technician

European Resuscitation Council

European Patient Safety Foundation

European Registry of Cardiac Arrest

Federal Aviation Administration

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Federal Interagency Committee on EMS

first responder program

first recorded cardiac rhythm

Glasgow Coma Scale

Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation

International Association of EMS Chiefs

International Classification of Diseases

intensive care unit

in-hospital cardiac arrest

International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

Institute of Medicine

Manufacturer and User Device Experience

medical emergency team

Modified Rankin Scale

National Association of EMS Physicians

National Academy of Sciences

National Association of State EMS Officials

National Athletic Trainers’ Association

National Cardiac Arrest Collaborative

National EMS Advisory Council

National Emergency Medical Systems Information System

Next Generation 911

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Research Council

National Registry for CPR

National Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register Project

out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Study

odds ratio

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

public access defibrillation

pediatric advanced life support

Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study

Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia

percutaneous coronary intervention

Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

pulseless electrical activity

Pediatric Early Warning Score

premarket approval

public safety answering point

Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau

pulseless ventricular tachycardia

quality-adjusted life-year

Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

return of spontaneous circulation

rapid response team

Swedish Cardiac Arrest Register

socioeconomic status

Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education

Strategies to Innovate EmeRgeNcy Care Clinical Coordinating Center

ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

telecommunicator-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

termination of resuscitation

targeted temperature management

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry

ventricular fibrillation

Voice over Internet Protocol

ventricular tachycardia

World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists