Checklists and consistency of care after resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest: A pilot study.

Background: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) with the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is a clinical scenario associated with potentially devastating outcomes.

Objective: Inconsistencies in post-ROSC care exist and we sought to find a low cost way to decrease this variability.

Designs, Settings, And Participants: We obtained pre and post intervention metrics including percentage of IHCA with a timely electrocardiogram (ECG), arterial blood gas (ABG), physician documentation, and documentation of patient surrogate communication after ROSC.