CARES can make a difference

CARES helps communities measure performance and identify how to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. By joining CARES, communities gain more than just access to information that will help them improve performance and save lives. They also contribute to one of the largest EMS registries in the world, and one of the few that also includes patient outcome information from hospitals. Those features enable CARES data to be used to conduct vital research that furthers our knowledge of cardiac arrest treatment and saves countless lives for years to come.

Benefits of joining CARES

• Join a network of communities working together to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest
• Compare your community to local, state, and national performance and discover ways to improve your emergency medical system's response to cardiac arrest
• Use simple, HIPAA-compliant, web-based software to link EMS and hospital data, creating a single record for each OHCA event
• Access multiple real-time reporting features, including charts, graphs, and tables for use in reports, presentations, and more
• Receive training and ongoing support from CARES staff to get the most out of participation, including one-on-one consultation to review your community's annual report and comparison to national benchmarks

LATEST NEWS

New research using CARES data highlights the life-saving importance of immediate bystander CPR for children experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In an analysis of nearly 11,000 pediatric cases across the United States, researchers found that CPR initiated within the first 3 minutes was assoc 

Clark County's latest EMS report shows cardiac arrest survival rates surpassing both Washington state and national averages, with 53 lives saved in 2025. As a CARES participant, Clark County uses data to monitor performance, evaluate care, and identify opportunities to improve outcomes across the sy