Ben Bobrow, MD, FACEP, discusses the importance of prearrival CPR instructions. 

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Presenter Bio

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, is professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix Campus and practices at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. His focus is on improving outcomes from time-sensitive emergency medical conditions such as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. He has partnered with public health officials, EMS agencies, municipal fire departments, hospitals, university researchers and the public to develop a statewide reporting and educational network for responding to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This system of care has resulted in a significant increase in the rates of bystander CPR and a tripling of survival from sudden cardiac arrest in Arizona. Dr. Bobrow is director of the Maricopa Integrated Health Services (MIHS) Resuscitation Science Center and chair of the MIHS In-hospital Resuscitation Committee. He is the current chair of the American Heart Association Basic Life Support Subcommittee and the medical director for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System at the Arizona Department of Health Services. He is a member of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center and the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona and co-investigator for the NIH-funded R01 EPIC Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury Study.