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In Hospital Care of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests: Time Matters
Date of publication: 11th February 2021

This NCEPOD report highlights the quality of care provided to patients aged 16 years and over who were admitted to hospital following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

FULL Report

Summary Report

Summary Sheet

Recommendation Checklist

Infographic

Slide Set

COMMISSIONERS’ Guide

Fishbone Diagram

Audit Toolkit

YouTube Video: Time Matters

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STAKEHOLDER MEETING

Audit Toolkit (Excel) above.
We hope you find this useful and if you have any feedback please do contact us at info@ncepod.org.uk. Please can you advise your local audit department if you plan to undertake this audit, it is important that they are made aware of it for the benefit of demonstrating Trust/Board activity and also so that they are in a position to support you and endorse the activity for your benefit.

Resources for the public on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
The British Heart Foundation: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/cardiac-arrest
The ReSPECT process: https://www.resus.org.uk/respect
Organ donation: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/uk-laws/
Resources for healthcare professionals
Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines 2015: https://www.resus.org.uk/library/2015-resuscitation-guidelines
The Chain of Survival: https://www.resus.org.uk/public-resource/how-save-lives-cpr#:~:text=The%20Chain%20of%20Survival%20outlines
ATMIST Patient handovers: https://www.firstresponse.org.uk/medical-training/atmist
For more information on quality improvement:
Health Foundation: https://www.health.org.uk/collection/improvement-projects-tools-and-resources
King’s Fund: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/topics/quality-improvement
NHS Improvement: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/cause-and-effect-fishbone-diagram/
East London NHS Foundation Trust: https://qi.elft.nhs.uk/about-us/what-is-qi/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/default.aspx

Study Questionnaires
Below are a list of questionnaires used in the study available for download. Click each to download as a pdf file.
Clinician Questionnaire
Organisational Questionnaire
Assessment Form