Cardiac arrest centre accreditation in Germany: A game-changer for favourable neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest

A wide variation exists among hospitals in the type of post-resuscitation care and outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).1,2 Ideally, patients with OHCA should receive time-sensitive treatment and interdisciplinary care, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR), and bundled critical care with targeted temperature management (TTM) at the nearest sophisticated hospital to achieve good long-term neurological outcomes.
Source: Resuscitation - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research