Events | TX-CARES https://tx-cares.com Texas Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:36:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://tx-cares.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/symbol_beat@2x-150x150.png Events | TX-CARES https://tx-cares.com 32 32 165233651 UTHealth Houston: Save a Life Event Recap & Thank You https://tx-cares.com/2023/02/20/uthealth-houston-save-a-life-event-recap-thank-you/ https://tx-cares.com/2023/02/20/uthealth-houston-save-a-life-event-recap-thank-you/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:36:45 +0000 https://tx-cares.com/?p=1749 On Wednesday, January 25th, the Mobile Simulation Training Unit (MSTU) team held the second UTHealth Houston Saves A Life event of this academic year, titled “How To Use an AED”, on the TMC campus in Webber plaza. This segment focused on teaching students, faculty, and general members of the Houston community how to use an AED device, as well as teaching hands-only CPR. Thankfully, the weather cooperated, and we had a great turnout! For those who missed the event this time, pictures are attached. A compilation video was been posted to the UTHealth Houston Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages (see links below).

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success! Several members of our Emergency Department, including our Chair Dr. Bobrow, faculty, and residents, as well as several medical student liaisons came to offer their assistance with teaching about 25 participants, the majority of them being excited and eager McGovern medical students. We were able to use our CPR analyzing manikins to give real-time feedback and analyze compressions, as well as AED devices to teach attendees how to properly place pads and use the device when needed in emergency situations. We received a lot of feedback on how useful the event was for those who participated, and how happy they were to be able to have some hands on experience to tie into what they have learned in classes and training courses.

From UTHealth Department of Emergency Medicine: https://med.uth.edu/emergencymedicine/2023/01/31/ut-health-houston-save-a-life-event-thank-you/

]]> https://tx-cares.com/2023/02/20/uthealth-houston-save-a-life-event-recap-thank-you/feed/ 0 1749 State-of-the-Art Cardiac Resuscitation Symposium https://tx-cares.com/2022/09/15/state-of-the-art-cardiac-resuscitation-symposium/ https://tx-cares.com/2022/09/15/state-of-the-art-cardiac-resuscitation-symposium/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:46:04 +0000 https://tx-cares.com/?p=1710 The Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES) and Penn Medicine TTM Academy present:

State-of-the-Art Cardiac Resuscitation: From BLS to ECMO to Post-Arrest Care

 

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem that tests EMS systems and hospitals more than any time-sensitive medical condition. Resuscitation requires early CPR and defibrillation, rapid transport, and high-quality post-arrest care in the hospital. There are roughly 26, 800 OHCAs per year in Texas – nearly 75 per day. Less than 7% of patients survive with good or moderate functional outcomes. Instructional activities, led by expert faculty from UTHealth-Houston,  Penn Medicine, and local EMS agencies will cover topics of interest to both prehospital and in-hospital providers in plenary sessions and separate breakout tracks.

Plenary session topics include:

  • Improving Care: The Texas Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES)
  •  Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Post-Arrest Catheterization

Prehospital topics include:

  • Use of Video in Telecommunicator CPR
  •  High-Performance CPR
  • Common CPR Quality Issues
  • High-Performance CPR Quality Improvement
  • Shock Refractory VF/pVT
  • Administration of drugs in prehospital care

In-hospital topics include:

  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Post-Arrest Catheterization
  • Targeted Temperature Management
  • Maintaining Homeostasis: Supportive Care
  • Neuroprognostication
  • Improving Care: the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES)

When: Friday, November 11, 2022, 9 AM-4 PM

Where: McGovern Medical School Building, UTHealth-Houston

What: Comprehensive, practical instruction for saving lives in our communities

Who: EMTs, Paramedics, Nurses, Physicians & PAs involved in cardiac chain of survival

 

5.5 CME CREDITS or 5.5 CNE CREDITS/Registration $50

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Texas Two-Step CPR

From Friday February 8 to Sunday February 16, medical students will join forces with national non-profits HealthCorps and First Impact for the 5th Annual National Two Step CPR: Save a Life Campaign.  Free hands-only CPR training will be offered over two weekends at public sites in Texas and 14 states across the United States. Participating states include: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. Sites for Houston include Memorial City Mall, The Health Museum and University of Houston campus.

During 5-minute training sessions, participants will learn how to act quickly in the event of cardiac emergencies by following two easy steps: 1) Call 911 and 2) Push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives. “Nearly 1,000 people daily in the US will suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest. Survival for these individuals has been shown to improve dramatically with prompt CPR. With community focused training events we hope to empower our neighbors and community members to bridge the gap from witnessed cardiac arrest to EMS arrival. Together we can improve the survival statistics,” said Ashley Cohen, Two Step CPR board member and M.D. candidate at Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

The event was created by a group of medical students and the Texas College of Emergency Physicians in 2016 after recognizing the need to train more Texans in lifesaving, hands-only CPR. To date, the event has trained over 18,500 in proper compression-only CPR technique.

We are so proud of how this initiative has continued to grow from year to year. We are so grateful to our amazing partners who have helped us bring this lifesaving event to communities across the country,” said HealthCorps Chief Operating Officer Michelle Marquez.

The participating medical students attend: Texas A&M College of Medicine, UT Health Center / McGovern, and Baylor College of Medicine.

Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity is a national community partner and Texas Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES), Emergency Medical Residents Association (EMRA), Texas College of Emergency Physicians (TCEP), and Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMA) are Regional community partners for the event.

To learn more about the event and to find a training near you, please visit www.twostepcpr.com

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House Calls

The Emergency Medical Response: Be Prepared to Save a Life

Learn the proper steps to take during a medical emergency.
Sometimes saving a life comes down to a few crucial moments.  

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Featuring:

Dr. Bobrow

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP

Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD FACEP is Professor and Chair and John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth. He is focused on improving outcomes for major public health problems including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, acute stroke, substance abuse, and behavioral health emergencies. As a public health official for more than 20 years, he has partnered with 9-1-1 centers, EMS agencies, municipal fire departments, hospitals, university researchers and the public to implement and measure systems of care for effectively responding to these emergencies. Dr. Bobrow is a past Chair of the American Heart Association Basic Life Support Subcommittee and a co-author of the Institutes of Medicine Report on Cardiac Arrest. He has collaborated to launch the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) Program.

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UTHealth House Calls

House Calls

The Emergency Medical Response: Be Prepared to Save a Life

When: Thursday, November 14, 2019 6 to 8 pm

Where: Star Motor Cars, 7000 Katy Road Houston, Texas 77024

Schedule:

  • 6 pm | Welcome
  • 6:30 pm | UTHealth presentation and Q&A
  • 7 pm | Reception

Complimentary valet

Register Today

House Calls

Thursday, November 14, 2019 6 to 8 pm

Featuring:

Dr. Bobrow

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP

Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD FACEP is Professor and Chair and John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth. He is focused on improving outcomes for major public health problems including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, acute stroke, substance abuse, and behavioral health emergencies. As a public health official for more than 20 years, he has partnered with 9-1-1 centers, EMS agencies, municipal fire departments, hospitals, university researchers and the public to implement and measure systems of care for effectively responding to these emergencies. Dr. Bobrow is a past Chair of the American Heart Association Basic Life Support Subcommittee and a co-author of the Institutes of Medicine Report on Cardiac Arrest. He has collaborated to launch the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) Program.

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Texas-CARES & CPR LifeLinks Academy
November 25: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Texas EMS Conference – Fort Worth

Join an expert faculty group at this course and learn:

  • How to join the expanding Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)
  • How CARES can promote improved outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Nuts-and-bolts of “CPR LifeLinks,” the first-ever federal toolkit for optimizing Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) and EMS High-Performance CPR (HP-CPR)

T-CPR audio learning and HP-CPR demonstration!
Interactive, hands-on breakout sessions!

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