European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Systems saving lives.

Federico Semeraro, Robert Greif, Bernd W Böttiger, Roman Burkart, Diana Cimpoesu, Marios Georgiou, Joyce Yeung, Freddy Lippert, Andrew S Lockey, Theresa M Olasveengen and 5 more

Resuscitation · 2021-03-24 · Guideline / consensus

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Abstract

The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) has produced these Systems Saving Lives guidelines, which are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. The topics covered include chain of survival, measuring performance of resuscitation, social media and smartphones apps for engaging community, European Restart a Heart Day, World Restart a Heart, KIDS SAVE LIVES campaign, lower-resource setting, European Resuscitation Academy and Global Resuscitation Alliance, early warning scores, rapid response systems, and medical emergency team, cardiac arrest centres and role of dispatcher.

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Tags

Bystanders · Dispatchers & call takers · Early warning scores · Implementation · Low- and middle-income settings · Medical direction & oversight

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