Differences in implementation strategies of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 in Danish hospitals - a nationwide study

Figures & data

Figure 1 Expected time of completion of the ERC Guidelines 2015 implementation (black) and completion of the ERC Guidelines 2010 implementation (gray).

Notes: Time started at publication of guidelines. ^aAnswers only provided for implementation of ERC Guidelines 2015.
Abbreviation: ERC, European Resuscitation Council.

Figure 2 Time after publication for clinical hospital staff expected to act according to the ERC Guidelines 2015 (black) compared with time after publication for all clinical hospital staff to have completed resuscitation courses based on the ERC Guidelines 2015 (gray).

Abbreviation: ERC, European Resuscitation Council.

Table 1 Methods used for the 2010 and 2015 ERC guideline implementation

Method	ERC Guidelines 2010	ERC Guidelines 2015
Update/write local clinical protocol	N/A	83^a
Emails	38^a	48^a
Pocket cards/action cards	70^a	50^b
Posters	58^a	18^b
Courses for resuscitation instructors	N/A	74^b
Additional resuscitation courses for all clinical staff	35^a	8^b
E-learning	18^a	25^b
Informative meetings	78^a	38^b

Notes: Data presented as percentages of hospitals. ^aData missing for one hospital.

b Data missing for three hospitals. Two hospitals did not know which methods were used for 2010 guideline implementation.

Abbreviations: ERC, European Resuscitation Council; N/A, not available.