The door to the facility is controlled by member-specific key cards so that Kent Dahlgren, the bowl's overseer, can swiftly cut off access when someone ignores the rules.
In an effort to investigate ways that hospitals can improve outcomes through decreasing door-to-balloon times, he initiated and chaired the steering committee of D2B: An Alliance for Quality, an international campaign launched by the American College of Cardiology to implement key evidence-based strategies to achieve guideline recommended door-to-balloon times.