European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Executive summary

Abstract: Informed by a series of systematic reviews, scoping reviews and evidence updates from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, the 2021 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines present the most up to date evidence-based guidelines for the practice of resuscitation across Europe. The guidelines cover the epidemiology of cardiac arrest; the role that systems play in saving lives, adult basic life support, adult advanced life support, resuscitation in special circumstances, post resuscitation care, first aid, neonatal life support, paediatric life support, ethics and education.

Introducing non-technical skills teaching to the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Course

s / Resuscitation 85S (2014) S15–S121 S71 Results: Survey (parents): 100% optimal evaluation; parents said their children learned. Test (children): 94–100% knew how to respond: body-, armsand hands-position in CPR, where and how fast to press; 88% knew “how warn and when start CPR.” Conclusion: Children demonstrated they knew:When and how towarn; Basic techniques of CPR; Rate of compressionswithmusic; Transmit Adult CPR technique. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.177

Corrigendum to “European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Executive summary” [Resuscitation (2021) 1–60]