Welcome to the ACAP Program Voice of Survivors from Sudden Cardiac Death

The estimated number of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is about 300,000 per year in the US. The medican reported survival to hospital discharge after OHCA with any reported rhythm is 7.9%.

Two landmark studies in 2002 demonstrated that the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest decreased mortality and improved neurological outcomes. Based on these studies the international liaison committee on resuscitation and the American Heart Association recommended the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

In 2004, the “Advanced Cardiac Admission Program” (ACAP) was launched at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University in New York. The program consists of a series of projects, which have been developed to bridge the gap between published guidelines and implementation during “real world” patient care.

The ACAP website (www.NYCardiologyPathways.Org), is a comprehensive website that include all our published novel pathway for management of cardiac patients including the HYPOTHERMIA Pathway (MOHCA). 

Last year we  hosted a novel program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital "Chilling in Manhattan; Voice of the survivors". This program was unique because it shed some light on the our survivors, families and first responders of a cardiac arrest patients.

As we continue on this en devour, this year we are hosting the "Chilling in Manhattan; Voice of the survivors, focus on Women", during this event we will introduce TWO new parts in the website.

1. Survivors Resources:  This will includes information about sudden cardiac death, hypothermia, coronary artery disease, cardiac-defibrillators, and end-of-life care in the cardiac patient.
2. Voice of Survivors & Families of Non-Suvivors Blog: The aim of this resource is to connect our patient and their experiences to the world, and became a valuable resource to all others as well as a way of communication in the form of comments, questions or a story telling.

We would like to welcome all of you and lets keep in touch