Evidence-Based Tools for Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation Training
A complete tool-kit of resources to provide local organizations with everything they need to conduct on site CSR training programs aligned with recommendations from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), The American Heart Association Association (AHA), and US regulatory agencies.
Specialized Training in Managing Cardiac Surgical Arrests
Training Resources from Experts
A much-needed authoritative guide to enable local implementation of the STS Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation protocol, preparing ICU responders in the specialized management of these arrests. Since creating the first US ‘CALS’ program with Joel Dunning in 2010, Jill has refined her own educational materials to create this standardized teaching approach, Essentials of Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation. The tool-kit includes a complete set of documents and slides to enable any cardiac surgical hospital to organize their own CSR training program, without requiring additional online training or written certifications.
An Early CSR Training Course
Joel Dunning leads CSR trainees in performing an emergency resternotomy in under 5 minutes at the Orlando Conference Center in 2012 for AACN’s National Teaching Institute. Jill has been teaching the STS resuscitation protocol to multi-disciplinary providers nationwide since 2010, and recently updated her teaching materials to provide the most current and comprehensive educational resource for CSR trainers that is available today.
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Future CSR trainers observe resternotomy practice
Attendees demonstrate correct use of internal defib paddles
CSR themed “Sunglasses Day”
Trainees practice gowning and gloving
Participants share ideas about technique
Attendees practice teamwork and communication
Setting up at early “CALS” course at AACN’s National Teaching Institute
Participants practice cardiac surgical arrest in the ICU
About Jill
Jill has pursued optimal patient outcomes in cardiovascular surgery as a clinician, researcher, mentor and educator for over four decades. In 2009 she traveled to the UK to learn Joel Dunning’s new ‘CALS’ resuscitation protocol, the first specific to cardiac surgical patients, and began teaching it nationally while observing a dramatic reduction in post-arrest fatalities following its implementation. Her findings were presented in 2015 at the STS annual meeting. Jill was a member of the STS’ Task Force on Resuscitation After Cardiac Surgery and a co-author of their 2017 Expert Consensus for the Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac Surgery. She has authored over a dozen research posters and publications on CSR and is a subject matter expert on this topic.
ECSR Consultation
Jill has conducted hundreds of in-person CSR courses across the US since 2010. Her tool kit will enable others to provide similar training in their own facilities. She continues to support organizations around the country in implementing CSR by answering questions, consulting with your team, or providing in-person training at your local CSR course, upon request. Contact Jill at: