Part 12: Education, implementation, and teams

Application of resuscitation science to improve patient care and outcomes requires effective strategies for education and implementation.Systematic reviews suggest that there are significant opportunities to improve education, enhance individual and team performance, and avoid delays in implementation of guidelines into practice.It is within this context that the International Liaison Consensus on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Education, Implementation, and Teams (EIT) Task Force was established and addressed 32 worksheet topics.Reviewers selected topics from the 2005 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Science With Treatment Recommendations 1 and new topics identified by an expert group.One challenge for the EIT Task Force was extrapolating outcomes from simulation studies to actual patient outcomes.During the evidence evaluation, if the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) question outcomes were limited to training outcomes such as improved performance on a manikin or simulator, studies were classified to a level of evidence (LOE) according to study design (e.g., a randomised controlled trial [RCT] on a manikin would be LOE 1).Manikin or simulator studies were labeled as LOE 5 irrespective of the study design if the PICO question also included patient outcomes.ଝ Note from the writing group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of superscripted letters and numbers (e.g., "Precourse Preparation EIT-018A ").These callouts are hyperlinked to evidence-based worksheets, which were used in the development of this article.An appendix of worksheets, applicable to this article, is located at the end of the text.The worksheets are available in PDF format and are open access.