In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Has Higher Survival Rates at VA Hospitals

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

Veterans who suffer cardiac arrest during a VA hospital stay are more likely to survive the experience than patients who have such events cardiac arrests in other U.S. hospitals. And, a year later, they are also more likely to still be alive.

Those are two of the findings from a study of in-hospital cardiac arrest at VA hospitals at the Ann Arbor, MI, VAMC. The research was presented at the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2017 Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium and published in Circulation.1

The study investigators analyzed data from all veterans who experienced an in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) at any VA hospital between January 2013 and June 2015...

http://www.usmedicine.com/clinical-topics/cardiology/in-hospital-cardiac-arrest-has-higher-survival-rates-at-va-hospitals/

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

We have three VA Hospitals in my county. Many of their nurses are friends and acquaintances. Most say they have very supportive nursing management.

If that is the case at most VA facilities I think it would contribute to better outcomes.