ERC Guidelines for resuscitation 2015
The European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015 were published in Resuscitation on 15 October 2015.
They provide specific instructions on how resuscitation should be practiced and take into account ease of teaching and learning, as well as the science. They were developed by Europeans, based on the ILCOR Consensus of Science, and have been specifically written with European practice in mind.
Using the links below, you can navigate through the Guidelines or search for specific content.
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 1. Executive summary
Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Jerry P. Nolan, Leo L. Bossaert, Robert Greif, Ian K. Maconochie, Nikolaos I. Nikolaou, Gavin D. Perkins, Jasmeet Soar, Anatolij Truhlář, Jonathan Wyllie, David A. Zideman, on behalf of the ERC Guidelines 2015 Writing Group 1 (Gamal Eldin Abbas Khalifa, Annette Alfonzo, Hans-Richard Arntz, Helen Askitopoulou, Abdelouahab Bellou, Farzin Beygui, Dominique Biarent, Robert Bingham, Joost J.L.M. Bierens, Bernd W. Böttiger, Leo L. Bossaert, Guttorm Brattebø, Hermann Brugger, Jos Bruinenberg, Alain Cariou, Pierre Carli, Pascal Cassan, Maaret Castrén, Athanasios F. Chalkias, Patricia Conaghan, Charles D. Deakin, Emmy D.J. De Buck, Joel Dunning, Wiebe De Vries, Thomas R. Evans, Christoph Eich, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Robert Greif, Christina M. Hafner, Anthony J. Handley, Kirstie L. Haywood, Silvija Hunyadi-Antičević, Rudolph W. Koster, Anne Lippert, David J. Lockey, Andrew S. Lockey, Jesús López-Herce, Carsten Lott, Ian K. Maconochie, Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos, Daniel Meyran, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Nikolaos I. Nikolaou, Jerry P. Nolan, Theresa Olasveengen, Peter Paal, Tommaso Pellis, Gavin D. Perkins, Thomas Rajka, Violetta I. Raffay, Giuseppe Ristagno, Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, Charles Christoph Roehr, Mario Rüdiger, Claudio Sandroni, Susanne Schunder-Tatzber, Eunice M. Singletary, Markus B. Skrifvars, Gary B. Smith, Michael A. Smyth, Jasmeet Soar, Karl-Christian Thies, Daniele Trevisanuto, Anatolij Truhlář, Philippe G. Vandekerckhove, Patrick Van de Voorde, Kjetil Sunde, Berndt Urlesberger, Volker Wenzel, Jonathan Wyllie, Theodoros T. Xanthos, David A. Zideman).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 1 - 80
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation
Gavin D. Perkins, Anthony J. Handley, Rudolph W. Koster, Maaret Castrén, Michael A. Smyth, Theresa Olasveengen, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Violetta Raffay, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Volker Wenzel, Giuseppe Ristagno, Jasmeet Soar, on behalf of the Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation section Collaborators 1 (Leo L. Bossaert, Antonio Caballero, Pascal Cassan, Cristina Granja, Claudio Sandroni, David A. Zideman, Jerry P. Nolan, Ian Maconochie, Robert Greif).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 81 - 99
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 3. Adult advanced life support
Jasmeet Soar, Jerry P. Nolan, Bernd W. Böttiger, Gavin D. Perkins, Carsten Lott, Pierre Carli, Tommaso Pellis, Claudio Sandroni, Markus B. Skrifvars, Gary B. Smith, Kjetil Sunde, Charles D. Deakin, on behalf of the Adult advanced life support section Collaborators 1 (Rudolph W. Koster, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Nikolaos I. Nikolaou).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 100 - 147
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 4. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
Anatolij Truhlář, Charles D. Deakin, Jasmeet Soar, Gamal Eldin Abbas Khalifa, Annette Alfonzo, Joost J.L.M. Bierens, Guttorm Brattebø, Hermann Brugger, Joel Dunning, Silvija Hunyadi-Antičević, Rudolph W. Koster, David J. Lockey, Carsten Lott, Peter Paal, Gavin D. Perkins, Claudio Sandroni, Karl-Christian Thies, David A. Zideman, Jerry P. Nolan, on behalf of the Cardiac arrest in special circumstances section Collaborators 1 (Alessandro Barelli, Bernd W. Böttiger, Marios Georgiou, Anthony J. Handley, Thomas Lindner, Mark J. Midwinter, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Wolfgang A. Wetsch).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 148 - 201
European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Guidelines for Post-resuscitation Care 2015: Section 5 of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015
Jerry P. Nolan, Jasmeet Soar, Alain Cariou, Tobias Cronberg, Véronique R.M. Moulaert, Charles D. Deakin, Bernd W. Bottiger, Hans Friberg, Kjetil Sunde, Claudio Sandroni
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 202 - 222
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 6. Paediatric life support
Ian K. Maconochie, Robert Bingham, Christoph Eich, Jesús López-Herce, Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, Thomas Rajka, Patrick Van de Voorde, David A. Zideman, Dominique Biarent, on behalf of the Paediatric life support section Collaborators 1 (Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Jerry P. Nolan).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 223 - 248
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 7. Resuscitation and support of transition of babies at birth
Jonathan Wyllie, Jos Bruinenberg, Charles Christoph Roehr, Mario Rüdiger, Daniele Trevisanuto, Berndt Urlesberger
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 249 - 263
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015 Section 8. Initial management of acute coronary syndromes
Nikolaos I. Nikolaou, Hans-Richard Arntz, Abdelouahab Bellou, Farzin Beygui, Leo L. Bossaert, Alain Cariou, on behalf of the Initial management of acute coronary syndromes section Collaborator 1 (Nicolas Danchin).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 264 - 277
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015 Section 9. First aid
David A. Zideman, Emmy D.J. De Buck, Eunice M. Singletary, Pascal Cassan, Athanasios F. Chalkias, Thomas R. Evans, Christina M. Hafner, Anthony J. Handley, Daniel Meyran, Susanne Schunder-Tatzber, Philippe G. Vandekerckhove
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 278 - 287
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 10. Education and implementation of resuscitation
Robert Greif, Andrew S. Lockey, Patricia Conaghan, Anne Lippert, Wiebe De Vries, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, on behalf of the Education and implementation of resuscitation section Collaborators 1 . , Collaborators (John H.W. Ballance, Alessandro Barelli, Dominique Biarent, Leo Bossaert, Maaret Castrén, Anthony J. Handley, Carsten Lott, Ian Maconochie, Jerry P. Nolan, Gavin Perkins, Violetta Raffay, Charlotte Ringsted, Jasmeet Soar, Joachim Schlieber, Patrick Van de Voorde, Jonathan Wyllie, David Zideman).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 288 - 301
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 11. The ethics of resuscitation and end-of-life decisions
Leo L. Bossaert, Gavin D. Perkins, Helen Askitopoulou, Violetta I. Raffay, Robert Greif, Kirstie L. Haywood, Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos, Jerry P. Nolan, Patrick Van de Voorde, Theodoros T. Xanthos, on behalf of, The ethics of resuscitation and end-of-life decisions section Collaborators 1 . , Collaborators (Marios Georgiou, Freddy K. Lippert, Petter A. Steen).
Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 302 - 311
