American Heart Association Launches Program to Improve Cardiac Arrest Care

The American Heart Association announced a new program to improve survival of cardiac arrest.

The "Mission: Lifeline Cardiac Resuscitation" aims to improve care by establishing systems of care to respond to and treat cardiac arrest, providing public education and supporting coordination among the lay public, public health agencies, elected officials, emergency medical services providers and hospitals.

The cardiac resuscitation program is an expansion of the "Mission: Lifeline" initiative that was launched in 2007 to improve care for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (a heart attack). In a STEMI, a patient's heart muscle is damaged due to blocked blood supply, while in a cardiac arrest, a patient's heart stops beating. Many cardiac arrest patients also have STEMI, according to the report.

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