CRUSADE, a national quality improvement initiative, is designed to increase the practice of evidenced-based medicine for patients with diagnosed non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS).

CRUSADE will use as its "gold standard", the NSTE ACS clinical practice guidelines developed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Feedback to clinicians about care patterns and educational interventions will be used as strategies to improve the standard of care.

CRUSADE should raise physician awareness of and increase the application of the ACC/AHA guidelines for care of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Patients will benefit from this project.

For more information visit the CRUSADE website or send an email.

2007 NSTEMI ACC/AHA Guidelines: Optimal Antiplatelet and Antithrombin Management in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
James E. Hoekstra, MD
Associate Professor and Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC

2007 STEMI ACC/AHA Guidelines: Best Practice use of Anti-thrombin and Anti-platelet Therapy for ST-segment elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
Charles V. Pollack, MD
Associate Professor and Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Philadelphia Hospitals
Philadelphia, PA

Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: Evolving therapy in the Emergency Department
W. Frank Peacock, MD
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Operations
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Advances in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Severe Bacterial Infection
Andra L. Blomkalns, MD
Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Hypertension Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Setting
Corey M. Slovis, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Improving the Evaluation and Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in the ED
Charles B. Cairns, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, NC

Acute Stroke: Cheating AND Staying out of Trouble
Arthur M. Pancioli, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Member, Greater Cincinnati/N. Kentucky Stroke Team
Cincinnati, OH