Illinois

The Illinois Heart Rescue (IL Heart) collaborative brings together recognized experts in community engagement, epidemiology, public health, emergency medical services, education, emergency medicine, neurology and cardiology to improve statewide outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Through community participatory strategies and empowerment models, IL Heart maximizes community input and participation in all IL Heart activities, particularly from vulnerable, rural, and racial and ethnic minority groups in target geographical areas. IL Heart has developed relationships with key community leaders in both downstate rural and urban Latino and African American communities in Illinois, who will help to promote cultural competency strategies in the proposed community, pre-hospital and hospital activities, and to encourage, expand, and support community-initiated grassroots efforts aimed at improving Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) survival rates.

With a state population of over 12 million, and the nation’s third most populous city, IL Heart Rescue strives to make a significant public health impact in our nation and creates a model for improving cardiac arrest outcomes in both rural and large urban centers. The strong commitment of the IL Heart Rescue Project to addressing health disparities in its state is unique. This commitment reflects leadership that is committed to improving cardiovascular health in some of the poorest neighborhoods in our nation.

The IL Heart Rescue leadership team represents an unprecedented partnership across institutions, disciplines and diverse communities that ensures effective implementation of project goals.

Website

www.illinoisheartrescue.com

Twitter: IL_heart

Instagram: ILHR_CPR

Key Strengths

• Illinois-HeartRescue includes a volunteer model of organization with multi disciplines represented (EMS, Cardiology, Neurology, Critical Care)
• A coalition of community based organizations are committed to a strong disparities focus for bystander CPR and risk factor education.
• Simulation training for EMS providers and 911 dispatchers is a key component of the initiative.
• A strong policy focus, with recent legislation passed mandating that students in grades 6-8 receive CPR and AED education.
• Innovative tactics with hospital hypothermia hotline, strong health disparities plan.
• High level of collaboration and support, including the Governor’s Office.

The Team

Team Leaders

Terry Vanden Hoek, MD
Director, Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Illinois at Chicago

Teri Campbell RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
Program Director
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois

Community Liaisons

Teri Campbell, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
Program Director
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois

Stephen Brown, MSW, LCSW
University of Illinois at Chicago

Marina Del Rios, MD, MS
Physician Leader
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Health Disparities Research for Emergency Medicine
Emergency Ultrasound Instructor
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Prehospital Liaisons

Claus Johnsen
EMTP
Illinois Heart Rescue

Teri Campbell, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
Program Director
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois

Joseph M. Weber, MD, FAAEM
Medical Director, Chicago EMS
John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Rush University

Eddie J. Markul, MD
Medical Director, Chicago EMS
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago

Hospital Liaisons

Renaud Gueret
Director of Critical Care,
John H Stroger Cook County Hospital

Teri Campbell, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
Program Director
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois

Ali Alesi, RN, BSN
University of Chicago

Adam Rodos, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine Resident,
University of Illinois

Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD
Resuscitation Fellow,
University of Illinois

Data Sphere Liaisons

Claus Johnson
EMTP
Illinois Heart Rescue

Teri Campbell, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
Program Director
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois

Daniel Lee, MPH, MBA
Data & Info Management Systems Manager
Illinois Department of Public Health

Advisors

Leslee Stein-Spencer, RN MS
Manager, Medical Administration & Regulatory Compliance
Chicago Fire Department

David Beiser, MD
Director, Therapeutic Hypothermia and Resuscitation Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Chicago

George Chiampas, DO
Co-Director, Chicago Cardiac Arrest Education Service
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University

Community Coordinators

Cynthia Alee Barnes-Boyd, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director, UIC Neighborhoods Initiative and Healthy City Collaborative
UIC Great Cities Institute, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Co-Director, Center of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities
University of Illinois, Midwest Latino Research Center
Co-Director, Program I- Community Engagement
Center for Clinical Translational Science Community Engagement and Research Core
Clinical Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences
Nursing and School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

Bernadette Fredericks, B.A.
Community Coordinator
Illinois Heart Rescue