Can college campuses act as springboards for the advancement of chain of survival priorities?
15 th Annual National Collegiate EMS Foundation Conference Philadelphia, PA March 2, 2008 • Objectives • Review current evidence based guidelines and recommendations. • Describe how a population and criteria based incentive program has been used to advance chain of survival priorities on college campuses. • Discuss the role of college based EMS agencies in advancing lifesaving priorities. • Explore the possibilities of widespread CPR education on college campuses using CPR Anytime. • Provide an opportunity for additional dialog and collaboration between the AHA, NCEMSF, and other stakeholders. • Guidelines • 2005 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) • Scientific consensus of experts from a variety of countries, cultures and disciplines. • Recognized experts were brought • together by the International Liaison • Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) • to evaluate and form an exp