The European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
and Elsevier are pleased to announce the publication of the
new ERC Guidelines for cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation
(CPR) in the journal Resuscitation in December 2005.
This document, an update of the earlier version of the CPR Guidelines published in
2000, will present the currently prevailing knowledge and procedures for
resuscitation medicine. It will be a primary source of information and reference
for all those who are involved in resuscitation practice, training and education.
The ERC has composed the new Guidelines Document, based on the Consensus on
Science arrived at by the 2005 CoSTR Conference, which was held in Dallas, USA in
January 2005. This Conference, under the auspices of ILCOR , was the culmination
of a series of meetings during which international experts in the fields of Basic
Life Support, Advanced Life Support, Paediatric Life Support, Neonatal Life
Support, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Stroke Medicine, Ethics, and Training methods
in Resuscitation, discussed and evaluated the available scientific evidence. The
results of this conference are summarised in the CoSTR Document , which is the
scientific basis for the ERC Guidelines 2005.
The ERC Guidelines 2005 will provide an easily comprehensible and practicable
framework for the emergency care health professional working in Europe and beyond.
Written by key experts in the field of resuscitation medicine, this reference book
presents the most current scientific information available covering background
knowledge, processes, treatment algorithms for cardiac arrest in adults and
children.
CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. Basic life support and AED
3. Electrical therapies
4. Advanced Life Support
5. Acute coronary syndromes
6. Paediatric life support
7. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
8. Ethical aspects of resuscitations
9. Principles of resuscitation training