The hospital develops and implements processes for post-resuscitation care.

(1)

The hospital develops and implements policies, procedures, or protocols based on current scientific literature for interdisciplinary post–cardiac arrest care. Note 1: Post–cardiac arrest care is aimed at identifying, treating, and mitigating acute pathophysiological processes after cardiac arrest and includes evaluation for targeted temperature management and other aspects of critical care management. Note 2: This requirement does not apply to hospitals that do not provide post–cardiac arrest care.

(2)

The hospital develops and implements policies, procedures, or protocols based on current scientific literature to determine the neurological prognosis for patients who remain comatose after cardiac arrest. Note 1: Because any single method of neuroprognostication has an intrinsic error rate, current guidelines recommend that multiple testing modalities be incorporated into the hospital’s routine procedures and protocols to improve decision-making accuracy. Note 2: This requirement does not apply to hospitals that do not provide post–cardiac arrest care.