The Arizona Resuscitation Research Institute

Through the Arizona Resuscitation Research Institute, Arizona is in prime position to
decrease morbidity and mortality for its citizens by bringing together EMS agencies and EMS researchers in an integrated collaboration that yields continuous improvement of the prehospital emergency care rendered throughout the entire state.

To be successful The Institute will require a number of critical elements:

• A director with the experience and reputation to develop a prehospital clinical research program.
• A core group of experienced research faculty members and staff that have the time and expertise to develop a high-quality research program.
• An ongoing close collaboration between the Phoenix and Tucson campuses of the
  COM.
• A commitment to collaborating with community partners to develop long-term relationships that can apply research in multiple EMS environments and thus improve patient outcomes. Partners would include our state universities, the Department of Health Services, municipalities, fire departments, public and private EMS agencies, and hospitals/trauma centers.
• A state, regional and local commitment to reducing the mortality and morbidity
  resulting from acute illness and injury.
• A state-wide focus that values the enormous variation in emergency healthcare needs in urban, suburban, rural, and frontier settings.
• Sufficient funding, space, and infrastructure that provides a foundation to build a
  perpetually successful research effort.

The Arizona Resuscitation Research Institute (ARRI) will have two sites within the
COM, at the Phoenix and Tucson campuses, with the Phoenix campus serving as the primary site. The ARRI will function as part of the AEMRC, a state-wide center of excellence within the COM.

The timing of this effort is perfect with the establishment of the Phoenix campus of the COM. Phoenix is now the 4th largest city in America and has vast potential for involvement in the evaluation and improvement of prehospital care.

Members of the Institute will have various collaborative relationships with the College
and universities. The faculty and research collaborators will come from a variety of institutions and organizations. The ARRI will serve as a hub of collaboration that will bring together present and future talent within Arizona’s universities, research institutions, healthcare organizations, EMS agencies, and municipal, county, and state governments.

Collaborations will be developed with EMS agencies from both the private and public sectors and represent diverse demographic settings from throughout Arizona. The ARRI will be able to provide connections with national and international prehospital research collaborations that increase the rapidity of bringing technological and therapeutic innovation to Arizona from around the globe.

The collaborations with the various partners will be focused on “bench to bedside”
translational research that brings innovation and improved patient care. The Institute will provide research expertise that is often absent from non-academic organizations while the collaborating agencies will provide settings in which prehospital patient care can be evaluated and questions of pressing importance can be answered.

The partnerships will be voluntary and protect each of the organizations involved. Participation will provide varying levels of commitment and involvement based upon the interests of the various organizations and the size/significance of specific research projects. Partner organizations will have the freedom to determine their level of involvement on a project-by-project basis.

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