Emergency Response Strategy

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Quality Indicators for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Governance

Defining Attributes

Definition

The percentage of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs with a documented emergency response strategy and appropriately-qualified staff.

Numerator

A subset of the denominator representing a number of CR programs that meet both of the following criteria: 1. An emergency response strategy enabling prompt defibrillation is in place to deal with medical emergencies. 2. All clinical staff have current basic life-support (BLS) certification including use of Automated External Defibrillation (AED) devices.

Denominator

The total number of CR programs within Canada/province/regional health care authority in the reference period.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Method of Calculation Numerator / Denominator * 100. Sources of Data Audit of written program policies, interviews with program staff, or provincial/regional/national CR program survey.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators E-Catalogue, Quality Indicators for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention, A CSS Consensus Document. 2013 Accessed May 2023:[9 p.]. Available from: ccs.ca/app/uploads/2020/12/Indicator_CR.pdf. Grace SL, Poirier P, Norris CM, Oakes GH, Somanader DS, Suskin N. Pan-Canadian development of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention quality indicators. Can J Cardiol. 2014;30(8):945-8.

Technical Specifications

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators E-Catalogue Page 9. ccs.ca/app/uploads/2020/12/Indicator_CR.pdf Modified from. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X14002335?via%3Dihub#sec1 Supplemental Material in the original paper. ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0828282X14002335-mmc1.pdf

Link to Measurement Tools

Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry (Cardiologica)

Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025