• Katie L McDermott, Kari L Rajzer-Wakeham, Jennifer M Andres, Ke Yan, Melodee A Liegl, and Christine A Schindler.
• Katie L. McDermott is a critical care pediatric nurse practitioner, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and part-time nursing faculty, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Am. J. Crit. Care. 2025 Jan 1; 34 (1): 212921-29.

BackgroundThe quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coach role was developed for hospital-based resuscitation teams. This supplementary team member (CPR coach) provides real-time, verbal feedback on chest compression quality to compressors during a cardiac arrest.ObjectivesTo evaluate the impact of a quality CPR coach training intervention on resuscitation teams, including presence of coaches on teams and physiologic metrics of quality CPR delivery in real compression events.MethodsThe quality CPR coach curriculum and role implementation were designed and evaluated using a logic model framework. Medical records of patients who had in-unit cardiopulmonary arrests were reviewed retrospectively. Data included physiologic metrics of quality CPR delivery. Analysis included descriptive statistics and comparison of arrest data before and after the intervention.ResultsA total of 79 cardiopulmonary arrests were analyzed: 40 before and 39 after the intervention. Presence of a quality CPR coach on resuscitation teams was more frequent after training, increasing from 35% before the intervention to 72% after (P = .002). No significant difference was found in the frequency of application of Zoll defibrillator pads. Metrics of quality CPR delivery and adherence with American Heart Association recommendations were either unchanged or improved after the intervention.ConclusionsThe quality CPR coach training intervention significantly increased coach presence on code teams, which was associated with clinically significant improvements in some metrics of quality CPR delivery in real cardiopulmonary arrests.©2025 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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