The Effectiveness of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support System for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Care

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an essential professional skill that includes completion of documentation throughout the intervention. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support documentation system. A structured questionnaire based on the Task-Technology Fit and the Information Systems Success Model was used to measure seven major categories of Advanced Cardiac Life Support system use: task characteristics, technology characteristics, task-technology fit, system quality, information quality, user satisfaction, and net benefits. In addition, one open-ended question was used to analyze the perceptions of the system used, a chart review was conducted to investigate record completeness, and time spent on documentation was explored. The questionnaire results indicated an average score near 3 (on a 4-point Likert scale) for all seven categories of Advanced Cardiac Life Support system use. Other study results revealed notable improvements in the records' time efficiency (pre=52.86 minutes and post=41.09 minutes) and completeness of records (pre=62.4% and ost=91.4%). Both of these measures reached a significant difference. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support system could improve the efficiency and completeness of nursing records, and nurses were satisfied with use of the system.