Establishing a standard "Cardiac Arrest Call" telephone number for all hospitals in Europe-2222.

Action checklist 1. Meet and discuss with colleagues, nurses and resuscitation trainers. Nurses are most important as they are the staff who make the most of these calls. 2. Use the attached 2222 PowerPoint presentation at meetings if you wish. 3. Discuss with patients groups / representatives if available 4. Discuss with / Send letter to Hospital Medical Director / Management (see Draft letter to Medical Director /Hospital Manager below) 5. Discuss with switchboard colleagues the technical issues. 6. If possible continue to run the old number and 2222 in parallel for a period. If you can monitor the both numbers use, continue to use two numbers until old number is no longer used. If a new switchboard is being planned in the future it could be part of that programme. 7. Choose a suitable date to make the change. 8. Raise awareness, train staff, organise publicity, notices and posters. 9. Put 2222 stickers on every phone 10. Make the change on the appropriate date 11. Remind staff about the change 12. Thank staff and management for taking part in the process 13. Please report your successful change to ESA HQ by emailing [email protected] and share any learning suggestions about how to improve the implementation process that can be passed on to other hospitals wishing to also make the change.