Improved Emergency Resternotomy Response Time After a Nurse-Led Multimodal Simulation.

Background: Open chest emergencies are high-risk, low-frequency events. Resternotomy procedures should be performed within 5 minutes of a suspected complication. The inability to recognize a complication can delay meeting the 5-minute metric. Objectives: To improve nurses' recognition of cardiac tam...

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Published in:Critical Care Nurse Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 42 - 50
Main Authors: Horabik, Diane, Serrano-Smith, Migdalia, Wood, Rachel, Sobeck, Stephanie, Siegmund, Lee Anne
Format: CEU research Journal Article
Published: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Dec2025
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