"How and WHY was the CPR Coach role created for Resuscitation Teams?"

Once you understand the history behind WHY the CPR Coach was created, you will be able to stay on the RIGHT path as you introduce the CPR Coach into your resuscitation program. A little history goes a LONG way.

In this video, Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunt starts by sharing what she learned when she interviewed and befriended her heroes - the INVENTORS of CPR (WHAT??)

Then, Dr. Betsy summarizes her > 15 year journey creating the CPR Coach role to transform the quality of CPR we deliver in our hospitals. Saving lives - that's what it's ALL about!

Our mission is to help hospitals save as many lives from cardiac arrest as possible

Every patient who has a cardiac arrest in the hospital deserves to receive exquisite, evidence based care. But not every resuscitation goes well.

Resources for every stage of your journey to a world-class In-Hospital Resuscitation System of Care

CPR Coach Train-the -Trainer Virtual Bootcamp

A robust, four-part toolkit to build a CPR Coach program that is customizable to your institution.

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Introduce the CPR Coach into your Basic and Advanced Life Support courses

We partner to embed the CPR Coach curriculum into your Basic and Advanced Life Support courses.

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Resuscitation System Quality Consultation

We partner to embed the CPR Coach curriculum into

Email cprcoach@jhmi.edu for more information

We partner to embed the CPR Coach curriculum into your Basic and Advanced Life Support courses.

Brisbane, Australia

Moscow, Russia

"Drs. Betsy Hunt and Nancy Sullivan taught our nurses to work together like a team. They taught their "First Few Minutes" curriculum. Our nurses became expert teams - Quick compressions, a CPR Coach and defibrillation within two minutes!"

"During our trip to the States, we visited Dr. Hunt's hospital and observed their "Code Busters" weekly cardiac arrest debriefing. I was so impressed with how they used data from the emergency alert time stamps, defibrillators, bedside monitors and EMR. She mentored us virtually to create our own program. Our staff love the detailed feedback!"

San Diego, USA

Explore data published in peer reviewed journals about our Resuscitation programs:

CPR Coach - Research Publications - See Below:

Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association: "Improved Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance With CODE ACES2: A Resuscitation Quality Bundle." Hunt EA, Jeffers J, McNamara L, Newton H, Ford K, Bernier M, Tucker EW, Jones K, O'Brien C, Dodge P, Vanderwagen S, Salamone C, Pegram T, Rosen M, Griffis HM, Duval-Arnould J. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Dec 18;7(24):e009860. Open Access, FREE Full Text

Published in Resuscitation: "Optimizing CPR performance with CPR coaching for pediatric cardiac arrest: A randomized simulation-based clinical trial." Cheng A, Duff JP, Kessler D, Tofil NM, Davidson J, Lin Y, Chatfield J, Brown LL, Hunt EA; International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation Research and Education (INSPIRE) CPR. Resuscitation. 2018 Nov;132:33-40.

Published in Resuscitation Plus: "CPR coaching during cardiac arrest improves adherence to PALS guidelines: a prospective, simulation-based trial." Buyck M, Shayan Y, Gravel J, Hunt EA, Cheng A, Levy A. Resusc Plus. 2020 Dec 16;5:100058. Open Access, FREE Full Text

Published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: "Effect of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coach on Workload During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study." Tofil NM, Cheng A, Lin Y, Davidson J, Hunt EA, Chatfield J, MacKinnon L, Kessler D; International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) CPR Investigators. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 May;21(5):e274-e281.

Published in Pediatric Emergency Care: "Code Team Structure and Training in the Pediatric Resuscitation Quality International Collaborative." Pfeiffer S, Lauridsen KG, Wenger J, Hunt EA, Haskell S, Atkins DL, Duval-Arnould JM, Knight LJ, Cheng A, Gilfoyle E, Su F, Balikai S, Skellett S, Hui MY, Niles DE, Roberts JS, Nadkarni VM, Tegtmeyer K, Dewan M; Pediatric Resuscitation Quality Collaborative Investigators. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Aug 1;37(8):e431-e435.

Published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: "Influence of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coaching and Provider Role on Perception of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality During Simulated Pediatric Cardiac Arrest." Cheng A, Kessler D, Lin Y, Tofil NM, Hunt EA, Davidson J, Chatfield J, Duff JP; International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) CPR Investigators. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Apr;20(4):e191-e198.

Comment Published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: "Reality and Reliability: Using Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coaches to Identification Poor Performance and Improve Reliability." Dewan M, Pfeiffer S, Tegtmeyer K. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Apr;20(4):391-392.

Published in Resuscitation Plus: "Impact of an untrained CPR Coach in simulated pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest: A pilot study." Badke CM, Friedman ML, Harris ZL, McCarthy-Kowols M, Tran S. Resusc Plus. 2020 Nov 3;4:100035.

Published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: "Influence of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coaching on Interruptions in Chest Compressions During Simulated Pediatric Cardiac Arrest." Kessler DO, Grabinski Z, Shepard LN, Jones SI, Lin Y, Duff J, Tofil NM, Cheng A; International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Investigators. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 Apr 1;22(4):345-353.

Editorial Published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: "Put Me in, Coach!...INSPIRE-ing Choreography of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation." Nadkarni V, O'Halloran A, Wolfe H. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 Apr 1;22(4):430-432.

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training: "Using natural language processing to compare task-specific verbal cues in coached versus noncoached cardiac arrest teams during simulated pediatrics resuscitation." Jones KA, Jani KH, Jones GW, Nye ML, Duff JP, Cheng A, Lin Y, Davidson J, Chatfield J, Tofil N, Gaither S, Kessler DO; International Network of Simulation‐based Pediatric Innovation, Research, Education (INSPIRE) CPR Investigators. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Aug 1;5(4):e10707.

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"How and WHY was the CPR Coach role created for Resuscitation Teams?"

Our mission is to help hospitals save as many lives from cardiac arrest as possible

Resources for every stage of your journey to a world-class In-Hospital Resuscitation System of Care

CPR Coach Train-the -Trainer Virtual Bootcamp

Introduce the CPR Coach into your Basic and Advanced Life Support courses

Resuscitation System Quality Consultation

Explore data published in peer reviewed journals about our Resuscitation programs:

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