European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Executive summary
Gavin D. Perkins, Jan-Thorsen Gräsner, Federico Semeraro, Theresa M. Olasveengen, Jasmeet Soar, Carsten Lott, Patrick Van de Voorde, John Madar, David Zideman, Spyridon Mentzelopoulos, Leo Bossaert, Robert Greif, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Hildigunnur Svavarsdóttir, Jerry P. Nolan, S Ainsworth, Semiha Akın, Annette Alfonzo, Janusz Andres, Simon Attard Montalto, Alessandro Barelli, Michael Baubin, W. Behringer, Berthold Bein, Dominique Biarent, Robert Bingham, Marieke T. Blom, Adriana Boccuzzi, Vere Borra, Leo Bossaert, Bernd W. Böttiger, Jan Breckwoldt, Olivier Brissaud, Roman Burkart, Alain Cariou, Pierre Carli, Francesc Carmona, Pascal Cassan, Maaret Castrén, Theodoros Christophides, C.D. Cimpoesu, Carlo Clarens, Philip G. Conaghan, Keith Couper, Tobias Cronberg, Emmy De Buck, Nieves de Lucas, A. De Roovere, Charles D. Deakin, J. Delchef, B. Dirks, Jana Djakow, Therese Djärv, Patrick Druwé, G. Eldin, H. Ersdal, Hans Friberg, Cornelia Genbrugge, Μάριος Γεωργίου, E. Goemans, Violeta González‐Salvado, Primož Gradišek, J.T. Graesner, Robert Greif, A. Handley, Christian Hassager, Kirstie Haywood, Jon-Kenneth Heltne, D. Hendrickx, Johan Herlitz, Jochen Hinkelbein, Florian Hoffmann, Silvija Hunyadi Antičević, G.B. Jóhannesdóttir, Gamal Eldin Abbas Khalifa, Barry Klaassen, Jozef Koppl, U. Kreimeier, A. Kuzovlev, Torsten Lauritsen, Gisela Lilja, Freddy Lippert, Andrew Lockey, Carsten Lott, Ileana Lulić, Martijn Maas, Ian Maconochie, John Madar, A. Martínez, Siobhán Masterson, Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos, Daniel Meyrán, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Carla Morley, Véronique Moulaert, Nicolas Mpotos, Νικόλαος Νικολάου, Jerry P. Nolan, Theresa M. Olasveengen, Emily Oliver
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.