Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center has received the “Get With The Guidelines Resuscitation Gold Award” for sustained use of quality improvement measures in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrests, which occurs in the US 200,000 times per year. The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Program is designed to save lives by providing hospitals with current research-based protocols for treatment, and by tracking their use. To earn the Gold Award, the Code Team at The University of Vermont Medical Center had to achieve a high level of compliance with the guidelines for two consecutive years.
“This award reflects the great teamwork we’ve developed with contributions from respiratory, cardiology, pharmacy, nursing, anesthesiology and other departments which are all dedicated to providing the best possible patient care,” says Dr. Joseph Winget, cardiologist at the UVM Medical Center and associate professor at the UVM College of Medicine. “The tools the Guidelines program provides have really helped us with measurement so we can continuously improve.”
Dr. Winget and Dr. Teleron discuss the Code Team and the award
“We’re proud of meeting the Gold standard for two consecutive years - something which most hospitals have not been able to achieve,” said Dr. Amy Teleron, hospitalist and assistant professor at the UVM College of Medicine and Faculty Director of Code Blue Team Leadership Training. "It's an indication that our multidisciplinary team has been working effectively, and every member shares in this great accomplishment. We hope that our weekly team leader simulation training program will continue to help everyone perform their best for every single patient."
About the University of Vermont Medical Center
The University of Vermont Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen Health Care), is a 447-bed tertiary -are regional referral center serving approximately 1 million residents in Vermont and northern New York. Together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we are Vermont’s academic medical center.The University of Vermont Medical Center also serves as a community hospital for residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties.
The University of Vermont Medical Center is a member of The University of Vermont Health Network, a four-hospital system established to deliver high-quality academic medicine to every community we serve. Our partners are:
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital
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