Via practica 2/2013

New guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council for CPR in adults

In 2010 world-wide Consensus on CPR Science with Treatment Recommendations was agreed in Dallas. Thereafter European Resuscitation Council published new guidelines for CPR in 10 chapters. This paper deals with basic life support in adults, including the use of the automated external defibrillators.

Keywords: basic life support, automated external defibrillator, European resuscitation council