Sensor technologies for cardiac arrest

Using simplified language understandable to a layperson, provide a general, one-paragraph description of the proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern(s) as well as the expected benefit to the partner organization. (100-150 words) In more than 75% of all Sudden Cardiac Arrests, no one is there to witness the event and call 9-1-1, and resultant survival is near 0%. Sudden Cardiac Arrest death is a significant and unrecognized epidemic in Canada, affecting over 20,000 people annually. We hypothesize that modelling the implementation of wearable sensors in the population will provide evidence that key clinical and system metrics in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation system in British Columbia can be improved, and that such improvements will be worthwhile and cost-effective. We anticipate our models will forecast a significant increase in rates of survival to hospital discharge and survival with favourable neurological outcomes and will provide a framework for technology innovators and clinicians to develop clinical trials evaluating wearable sensors for impact on cardiac arrest outcomes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Grunau;Joseph Puyat

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Partner:

CHEOS

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

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