Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Discuss current pharmacologic agents used in cardiac arrest and the utility of each agent in the Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support 2020 Guidelines
2. Understand the mechanism of proposed benefit of calcium chloride in cardiac arrest
3. Analyze the COCA trial and it’s results to determine the role of calcium chloride in achieving return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Faculty

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

None of the other planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.