Some key benefits of state integration with CARES (Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival):
CARES helps state EMS administrators and medical directors to:
- Identify who is affected by cardiac arrest
- Determine when and where cardiac arrest events occur
- Evaluate which elements of the system are functioning properly and which need improvement
- Make informed changes to improve cardiac arrest outcomes
- Perform benchmarking of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest measures
- Apply systematic validation to your states cardiac arrest EMS data collection
Additional benefits include:
- Internet-based database system that reduces time involved in registering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events
- Ability to track patient outcomes with hospitals prospectively
- Monitoring of response time intervals
- Technical support for integration implementation and maintenance
- Validation tools to ensure data quality and compliance with national standards
Through state integration, participating states can achieve 100% population coverage by integrating CARES with their state EMS data repository, leading to more comprehensive cardiac arrest surveillance and outcome improvement efforts.