title: The development and implementation of cardiac arrest centers.
abstract: In the last decade, many regionalized centers for the care of post-cardiac arrest patients (cardiac arrest centers) have all independently developed with a common goal of providing multi-disciplinary and organized care plans for this patient population. The American Heart Association recently issued support for regionalized and organized comprehensive care for post-arrest patients through a position paper as well as the 2010 American Heart Association BLS/ACLS guidelines. This paper outlines the formation, structure, and implementation of four cardiac arrest centers, and also discusses a statewide model of post-arrest center care. This paper may assist other potential clinical sites that are considering or actively developing cardiac arrest centers of their own.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, One Deaconess Road, WCC2, Boston, MA 02215, United States. mdonnino@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Donnino
authors.forename: Jon C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rittenberger
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaieski
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cocchi
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giberson
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peberdy
authors.forename: Benjamin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Abella
authors.forename: Bentley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bobrow
authors.forename: Clifton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Callaway
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States