Temple University Hospital Earns American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award

Temple University Hospital has earned the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award for implementing proven quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer in-hospital cardiac arrests.

This program was developed with the goal of saving lives of those who experience in-hospital cardiac arrests through consistent adherence to the most up-to-date research-based guidelines for treatment, including protocols for patient safety, medical emergency team response, effective and timely resuscitation (CPR), and post-resuscitation care.

Temple University Hospital earned the award for meeting specific measures in treating patients suffering from in-hospital cardiac arrest. To qualify for the awards, hospitals must comply with the quality measures for two or more consecutive years.

“This recognition highlights the knowledge, skill, and commitment to our patients that our physicians and their care teams continually demonstrate,” said Verdi J. DiSesa, MD, MBA, President & CEO of Temple University Hospital. “We are dedicated to providing the highest-quality care to patients who entrust us with their lives.”

“We are pleased to recognize Temple University Hospital for their commitment to following these guidelines,” said Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS, national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. “Shortening the time to effective resuscitation and maximizing post-resuscitation care is critical to patient survival.”

Get With The Guidelines – Resuscitation builds on the work of the American Heart Association’s National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, which began in 1999 and has collected data on in-hospital cardiac arrest from more than 500 hospitals. Data from the registry and the quality program give participating hospitals feedback on their resuscitation practice and patient outcomes. In addition, the data help to develop improved research-based guidelines for in-hospital resuscitation.