AdventHealth South Overland Park in Kansas has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation Gold for its commitment to treating in-hospital cardiac arrest, ultimately helping to improve survival rates.
Each year about 300,000 adults and children experience an in-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States.1 Survival from cardiac arrest largely depends on timely medical emergency team response and effective CPR.
The program examines patients’ survival rates following in-hospital cardiac arrest, adjusting for multiple predictors of survival, such as cardiac arrest rhythm, location within the hospital of the cardiac arrest and illness severity. Awarded sites have a survival rate better than 60 percent of all hospitals nationwide participating in the Get With The Guidelines – Resuscitation registry.
The Get With The Guidelines – Resuscitation program was developed to help save lives of patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrests by consistently following the most up-to-date research-based guidelines for treatment as outlined by the American Heart Association. Guidelines include following protocols for patient safety, medical emergency team response, effective and timely resuscitation (CPR) and post-resuscitation care.
Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the American Heart Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping ensure the care provided to patients is aligned with the latest evidence- and research-based guidelines.
“AdventHealth South Overland Park is committed to improving patient care by adhering to the latest resuscitation guidelines,” said Monica Natzke, chief nursing officer at AdventHealth South Overland Park. “Get With The Guidelines makes it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis, which studies show can help more patients who have cardiac arrest survive. The end goal is to ensure more people in Overland Park can experience longer, healthier lives.”
AdventHealth South Overland Park received the award for meeting specific measures in treating adult patients who experience cardiac arrest in the hospital.
“We are pleased to recognize AdventHealth South Overland Park for its commitment in following these guidelines,” said Paul Chan, M.D., MSc, volunteer chair of the American Heart Association Resuscitation System of Care Advisory Group. “Hospitals that participate in Get With The Guidelines often see improved patient outcomes and improved survival rates—a win for health care systems, families and communities.”
AdventHealth South Overland Park is also recognized with the American Heart Association’s Target: Survival award. The program was developed to emphasize the number of lives saved by following the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for treatment as outlined by the American Heart Association.
About Get With The Guidelines
Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 14 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.
1 Nallamothu B, Greif R, Anderson T, Atiq H, et al. Ten Steps Toward Improving In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality of Care and Outcomes. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. November 10, 2023;16(11): e010491. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010491.
