The European Resuscitation Council is looking for a new CEO

August 09, 2018
After almost 12 years as the Chief Executive Officer of the European Resuscitation Council, with effect from 1st October 2018, Bart Vissers will be stepping down from this role to enable him to pursue a career in law. After that date Bart will adv...

Statement from the European Resuscitation Council relating to publication of the PARAMEDIC 2 trial

July 19, 2018
In 2010 the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) noted that despite the widespread use of adrenaline (epinephrine) and other vasopressors during resuscitation in some countries, there was...

Nefeli Saves Lives in Greece

June 22, 2018
Today’s HERO is called NEFELI. Nefeli is only 14 years old and about a month ago, she and her classmates participated in our National School Education Program that aims to train School Students and their ...

Greek students save lives

February 15, 2018 In the media
30 students of the secondary school Efxinoupoli Almyros in Greece are paving the way for saving lives. On February 1st, they were the first in Greece to follow an official BLS course in school. Not only tha...

Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2017 Update

February 14, 2018
In recent years, the scale and pace of new clinical trials and observational studies in resuscitation science has grown rapidly. This prompted ILCOR to review its approach to evidence synthesis and to transition from a 5-yearly CoSTR to more regul...

Looking Back on Freiburg

February 13, 2018
The ERC congress in Freiburg saw many interesting speakers and workshops. What were the most important conclusions? What should you remember from each session? You can find the full overview on the ERC congress website!

Restart a Heart Goes Global

February 13, 2018
In October 2018, the very first global edition of Restart a Heart will take place. Under the motto of All Citizens of the World Can Save A Life, ERC will join forces with ILCOR and resuscitation organisations all across the world to create awarene...

SEC Members Elected

February 13, 2018
The members of the Science and Education Committees (SEC) have recently been elected. Four SEC (BLS, ALS, NLS and PLS) will henceforth be responsible for the research, guidelines and course development of each course. Find all members here.
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