Investment versus Impact- Psychosocial and Metric Analysis of High Fidelity Manikin Use in Hospital-Based Emergency Response Team Training

Background: The American Heart Association (AHA) put forth a set of guidelines for universal standard of care for patients who experience an in-hospital resuscitation event or receive post-cardiac arrest care following an in-hospital or out-of-hospital event. While some studies have suggested that Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERTs) help reduce mortality from unexpected cardiac arrest [1] and reduce the number of unexpected ICU admissions [2], there remains a paucity of data on the impact of formalized training of MERTs on adherence to the recommended AHA guidelines, as well as the impact of quality simulation training in implementing effective MERT training.