Tool Kit & Resources

The purpose of the FRCE toolkit and resources is to provide healthcare facilities with the necessary guidance, materials, and support to achieve recognition as a Florida Resuscitation Center for Excellence.

  • Each resource serves a specific function to streamline the process, ensure clarity, and foster program success.
  • These resources collectively enable facilities to understand the program, prepare effectively, and achieve recognition while fostering quality improvement in resuscitation care.
  1. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): FRCE FAQ (PDF)
    • Provides answers to common queries about the program, criteria, and recognition process.
    • Helps facilities understand expectations and address uncertainties.
  2. Informational Flyer: FRCE Flyer (PDF)
    • A concise and visually engaging document summarizing the FRCE program.
    • Designed for quick reference and promotional use to generate interest and awareness among stakeholders.
  3. Program Criteria Checklist: Checklist (PDF)
    • A detailed list of the specific criteria facilities must meet for recognition.
    • Serves as a roadmap for assessing readiness and compliance.
  4. Introduction Slide Deck: FRCE Toolkit Intro Slide Deck (PDF)
    • A detailed list of the specific criteria facilities must meet for recognition.
    • Serves as a roadmap for assessing readiness and compliance.
  5. Primary vs. Comprehensive: Criteria Comparision (PDF)
    • A detailed side-by-side comparison of criteria for each FRCE designation.
  6. Attestation Letter: Primary or Comprehensinve

    7. NOTE: FRCE designation is dependent on submission of an official FRCE letter of attestation (LOA) signed by the hospital CEO and local EMS Medical Director.

    • A formal document signed by the facility's leadership, affirming their commitment to meet the FRCE program criteria.
    • Acts as an official acknowledgment of the facility's intention to achieve recognition.

Videos

Optimizing Survival: Florida's New Resuscitation Centers of Excellence

Spotlight on Florida's groundbreaking Resuscitation Centers of Excellence model—a statewide initiative transforming cardiac arrest care sharing real-world strategies to improve outcomes, align with national standards, and build sustainable systems for high-performance resuscitation. This video offers practical insights to help your hospital meet key criteria.

Timestamps:

Handtevy Index

  • 00:00 to 4:15 Introductions and purpose
  • 6:00 What is the CARES Registry
  • 13:20 History of the FRCE initiative / discussion of the problem / Where did this come from?

General framework:

  • 24:53 Primary vs Comprehensive criteria
  • 26:43 Discussion of cares reporting requirement
  • 30:35 Further discussion of Primary vs Comprehensive
  • 32:45 How and why this is done
  • 39:45 Comprehensive center criteria.
  • 43:30 Memorial Hospital Journey to recognition
  • 51:15 the process to sign up.
  • 54:54 lessons learned and common questions
  • 59:00 Vision for the future.

Contact Information

To learn more and/or if you are interested in helping your facility become a Florida Resuscitation Center for Excellence, email Thomas DiBernado - Thomas.DiBernardo@FlHealth.gov or Jennifer Logsdon - FRCE@emlrc.org