Welcome to the National Registry of CardioPulmonary Resuscitation!
The National Registry of CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR®) is an international
database of in-hospital resuscitation events sponsored by the American Heart Association
and managed by Digital Innovation, Inc. Initiated in 2000, the NRCPR® is the only
national registry of in-hospital resuscitation events.
As of January 21, 2009, there were 154,103 cardiopulmonary resuscitation events in the
NRCPR registry. Since the November 2004 introduction of Acute Respiratory Compromise
(ARC) events, the NRCPR has received data from 14,357 ARC events. Since the introduction
of MET events, the NRCPR has received data from 52,013 MET events.
NRCPR Mission
The Mission of the American Heart Association's NRCPR Hospital Safety Program is
to reduce disability and death from cardiac and respiratory emergencies by providing
an evidence-based, quality improvement program of patient safety, medical emergency
team response, effective resuscitation, and post-emergency care.
NRCPR Vision
By 2010, NRCPR will be recognized as the premier evidence-based hospital safety
program.
NEW Annual Event Rate of Occurrence Report : Appendix R
The NRCPR Science Advisory Board is proud to announce the release of a new NRCPR Report:
The Annual Event Rate of Occurrence Report that displays the number of initial events
(Acute Respiratory Compromise [ARC], Cardiopulmonary Arrest [CPA] and Medical Emergency Team [MET]),
total admissions and rates per 1000 admissions. The rates of occurrence with comparison data are provided for adult,
pediatric and newborn/neonate age groups. This new report is part of the 2008 Annual Report for member facilities and
can be found under Appendix R.
The Annual Event Rate of Occurrence Report is a performance improvement tool that allows NRCPR facilities to compare their
resuscitation rates to other facilities as well as track changes in rates of events over time. This comparison allows assessment
of the impact of training, protocol and/or staffing modifications, and other strategies such as the use of Medical Emergency Teams
in achieving the goal of reducing the incidence of ARC and/or CPA.
NEW RESUSCITATION PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TOOLKIT
Check out the new Resuscitation Performance Improvement Toolkit for member facilities.
You will find your facility’s Resuscitation Performance Improvement Toolkit under
the “Reports” tab in the Member’s Area of the NRCPR Web Site. This tool kit will
include 4 pre-populated graphs depicting your facility’s resuscitation performance
in the following crucial categories:
- Percent of events with time to defibrillation within 3 minutes (= 3 minutes)
- Variance in discharge survival rates of patients who arrested during weekday days and evenings
versus patients who arrested during weekday nights and on weekends
- Percent of arrests monitored or witnessed
- Percent of patients with pulseless cardiac arrest who survived to hospital discharge
In addition to actual graphs, the NRCPR Resuscitation Performance Improvement Toolkit includes a
brief description of each of the 4 graphs, the meaning of data depicted by the graph, and
practical suggestions on how to use the data to improve in-hospital resuscitation performance
and patient outcomes. Login and Click "Get My Reports" to see the New Report. To download a
sample Report click here.
NEW Appendix G - Pre-Populated Excel Graphs
The MS Excel graphs included in Appendix G provide visual representations of data
from several of your other appendices (demographics, POCE’s…). Graphs are provided for CPA
and MET events and are grouped according to age group (adult, pediatric, newborn/neonate).
A separate spreadsheet is provided for each event type / age group combination. To download
the Overview of the Graphs Click Here
Read summaries or Top Ten Points of recently published papers with focus on how these studies could influence resuscitation practices in your facility:
Summary power point slides of recently published papers with focus on how these studies
could influence resuscitation practices in your facility are below. These may be used for
presentations to your critical care or cardiac arrest committee.