Summary
During this installment of the STS Webinar Series, an expert panel highlights a team-based approach to managing cardiac surgery patients who suffer sudden postoperative cardiac arrest. The panel also discusses the implementation of Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support protocols and their utility in failure-to-rescue algorithms.
Moderators
Anna L. Ciullo, MD
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH
West Virginia University Medicine
Morgantown, WV
Speakers
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Adrian Levine, MBBS, FRCS
University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Newcastle Under Lyme, England, UK
Nicholas Teman, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Panelists
Allison Kirkner, BSN, MSN, ACNP
UVA Health
Charlottesville, VA
Aaron Morton, DMSc, MMSc, PA-C
President, Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (APACVS)
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA