In this episode, your host, Emily Schraeder, speaks to Dr. Christian Vaillancourt, Full Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. His research looks at pre-hospital care, specifically improving care and survival for cardiac arrest and trauma victims. He implemented a multi-phase protocol to allow nurses to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) during in-hospital cardiac arrest and studied its impact on survival. His research has a major impact on the care and treatment of cardiac arrest victims in our hospitals. We also hear from Julie Considine, Deakin Distinguished Professor, who is Chair of Nursing at Eastern Health and Director of the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, who gives her point of view on this protocol.

Learn more: https://www.ohri.ca/profile/cvaillancourt

1:23 | What is an AED? Why is an AED important?
3:16 | Why is the 3-minute time frame so important? Why can it take up to 12 minutes for the first shock to occur?
5:28 | Why are nurses not allowed to use AED in hospitals?
7:47 | What were the study's challenges or different opinions and views?
10:08 | From a nursing perspective, what are some strengths and weaknesses of this protocol?
12:07 | How do you expect these protocols to be implemented in the long term?
13:49 | Is there anything that you, Dr. Vaillancourt, want the listeners to know about AED use?

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Producer: Stephanie Khoury
Show host: Emily Schraeder
Writer editor: Hannah Verge and Elizabeth Thibeault
Audio master: Stephanie Khoury and Emily Schraeder