9
20 Years of Measuring & Improving Survival
CARES Milestones
FIRST COMMUNITY 
JOINS
Atlanta becomes the first 
participating community, 
capturing nearly 600 cases in 
its first year.
NATIONAL
EXPANSION
Funding from the American 
Red Cross, American Heart 
Association, and Medtronic 
Foundation helps CARES 
reach 25% of the U.S. 
population.
1MILLION
RECORDS
CARES surpasses one million 
cumulative records, marking 
a landmark achievement in 
cardiac arrest surveillance.
NEXTGEN CARES
BEGINS
CDC’s Expansion and 
Modernization Grant 
launches NextGen CARES, 
advancing national data 
integration and consistency.
PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED
CARES is established by the 
CDC and Emory University to 
standardize data collection 
for out-of-hospital cardiac 
arrest (OHCA) outcomes.
GLOBAL 
COLLABORATION
Partnership with Pan-Asian 
Resuscitation Outcomes 
Study (PAROS) expands 
CARES internationally, 
connecting data systems 
across 13 Asian countries.
DATA MILESTONE 
ACHIEVED
CARES exceeds 60,000 annual 
cases, providing actionable 
insights for EMS agencies and 
hospitals nationwide.
CONGRESSIONAL 
SUPPORT
The CAROL Act is signed 
into law, securing long-term 
federal funding for CARES 
modernization and growth.
PRESENT DAY 
IMPACT
CARES now covers 56% of the 
U.S. population, representing 
189 million people with more 
than 3,200 EMS agencies 
and over 2,300 hospitals 
participating nationwide.

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