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

The 2026 CARES Annual Conference will take place September 17-18 in Atlanta, Georgia. CARES coordinators, partners, stakeholders, and members of the cardiac arrest community will come together for two days of collaboration, shared learning, and discussion focused on strengthening out-of-hospital car 

Minnesota's cardiac arrest survival rate exceeds the national average, but CARES data show that bystander CPR was provided in only 39% of cases in 2025. The findings are informing statewide efforts to address hesitation, build confidence, and prepare more people to act before EMS arrives.