ERC celebrated the 10th anniversary of 'European Cardiac Arrest Awareness Week' at the European Parliament on 16th November 2022. After the successful meeting at the European Parliament, the European Resuscitation Council proposed an amendment relate

A sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Getting medical assistance and starting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) immediately is crucial, because every second counts. This is the core message of a new training and educat

On 16 November 2022, the European Resuscitation Council celebrated the 10th anniversary of European Cardiac Arrest Awareness Week at the European Parliament. Loucas Fourlas, Member of the European Parliament, hosted the event to discuss saving 100,

ERC and EFA won the special edition of the Global Road Safety Film Festival, held at the Palais des Nations at the UN (Geneva). With the video project on Basic Life Support “Learn to drive. Learn CPR” the cooperation between ERC (European Resuscitati

On June 22nd, EFA and ERC presented their BLS project to the European Parliament. Jacques Delchef was invited as a representative of ERC. The initiative was a great success. Guests of the event organized by the EFA partners, SD4MED, Secretary General

Learn to drive. Learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cardiac arrest is a major health problem in Europe and around the world. Every year over 400,000 people in Europe and 60,000 in Italy are affected by cardiac arrest. In 70% of cases, cardiac arres

On March 4th, the 2022 ERC course director day took place in Amsterdam. Despite all difficulties, we welcomed 60 national course directors from 15 different countries and all relevant course formats. The day started with a minute of silence for all

The European Resuscitation Council, an international scientific non-profit organisation, is the network of 33 National Resuscitation Councils in Europe and beyond. Our mission is to preserve human life. The European Resuscitation Council is appalled