Advanced Life Support Training: Does Online Learning Translate to Real-World Performance?
Authors: Steven J. Yule, Ron M. Walls
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Editorials3 July 2012Advanced Life Support Training: Does Online Learning Translate to Real-World Performance?Steven J. Yule, PhD and Ron M. Walls, MDSteven J. Yule, PhDFrom STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this author and Ron M. Walls, MDFrom STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-1-201207030-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Every year, more than 200 000 hospital patients are treated for cardiac arrest in the United States, and 21% recover sufficiently to return home (1). Advanced life support (ALS) training improves outcomes for these patients (2, 3). Training is traditionally done in a face-to-face manner that is time- and resource-intensive. In this issue, Perkins and colleagues (4) compare the effectiveness of 2 days of conventional face-to-face ALS training (c-ALS) with that of a blended approach incorporating e-learning and a 1-day face-to-face course (e-ALS).Investigators randomly assigned 3732 participants to either the c-ALS or e-ALS training group and assessed their performance on ...References1. Merchant RM, Yang L, Becker LB, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Nichol G, et al; American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators. Incidence of treated cardiac arrest in hospitalized patients in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:2401-6. [PMID: 21705896] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Spearpoint KG, Gruber PC, Brett SJ. Impact of the Immediate Life Support course on the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: an observational study over 6 years. Resuscitation. 2009;80:638-43. 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[PMID: 11719157] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M12-1227.Corresponding Author: Steven J. Yule, PhD, STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Neville House 120B, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail, [email protected]org.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Yule: STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Neville House 120B, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115.Dr. Walls: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Neville House 221, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115. 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