Under pressure: What individual characteristics lead to performance of high-quality chest compressions during CPR practice sessions?

Aim: Despite well-established protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, performance during real-life cardiac arrests can be suboptimal. Understanding personal characteristics which could influence performance of high-quality chest compressions could provide insight into the practice-performance gap. This study examined chest compression performance, while employing feedback and introducing code team sounds as an anxiety-inducing factor in registered nurses using a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training manikin.

Insurance status and the treatment of myocardial infarction at academic centers.

Unlabelled: Numerous studies have documented treatment disparities in patients with acute coronary syndromes based on race and gender. Other causes for treatment disparities may exist.

Objectives: To determine if insurance status affects quality of care in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) presenting to academic health centers.