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  • Medical Education
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiology

Background:

  • Medical student training in cardiac arrest is limited and traditional methods are often unrealistic.
  • Postgraduate Year 1 residents may lead resuscitation efforts shortly after graduation despite limited experience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of an expanded Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) teaching program, termed "Resuscitation Boot Camp," for pre-graduation medical students.
  • To assess improvements in critical actions and psychomotor skills during simulated cardiac arrest scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • A didactic (12 hours) and experiential (8 hours) "Resuscitation Boot Camp" was implemented for 19 pre-graduation medical students.
  • Students performed simulated acute coronary syndrome/ventricular fibrillation (VF) scenarios before and after the training.
  • Primary outcomes included time to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation (DF); secondary outcomes assessed scenario scores, dangerous actions, VF recognition, ECG interpretation, and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

Main Results:

  • Post-training, time to CPR decreased from 112 seconds to 12 seconds (p=0.004), and time to DF decreased from 3.01 minutes to 1.53 minutes (p=0.03).
  • Overall scenario scores improved significantly from 45±9 to 97±4 (p<0.0001), with a reduction in dangerous actions.
  • The proportion of students achieving CPR and DF within 2 minutes increased from 21% to 74% (p=0.002), with all achieving ROSC post-training. VF recognition improved from 26% to 68% (p=0.021).

Conclusions:

  • The "Resuscitation Boot Camp" significantly improved medical students' knowledge and psychomotor skills in managing cardiac arrest.
  • High-fidelity simulation training effectively decreases time to critical interventions like CPR and defibrillation.
  • ACLS training incorporating simulation enhances performance during resuscitation and improves patient outcomes.