Cardiac Arrest Survival Enhancement-Pit Crew CPR

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

Using the latest science, technology and data, Cabarrus County EMS (NC) developed an employee driven initiative that rewrote the protocol for caring for citizens suffering a cardiac arrest. The Pit Crew CPR protocol took an innovative approach to cardiac arrest care, assigning each responder a specific role in the care of a victim whose heart had stopped beating. In the two years since the program’s inception, eight out of every 10 citizens who suffer a cardiac arrest have a pulse restored by the Paramedics and EMTs of Cabarrus County EMS and the rate of survival has nearly doubled to 38%.