Our science saves lives

We create our own initiatives and support others in their research to improve the science of resuscitation.

Our projects

ERC Guidelines 2025

ERC Guidelines 2025

The initial phase will involve the establishment of writing groups and reaching a consensus on the topics to be covered in various chapters. The ERC 2025 evidence-based resuscitation guidelines will be developed using the evidence evaluation process ...
AcuteCV Days 2025

AcuteCV Days 2025

The AcuteCVdays Campaign will run from April 28th until June 1st. The 2025 edition will focus on “Acute Cardiovascular Thromboembolic Diseases” with a different aspect every week. Week 1 (28/04 - 04/05): Breaking the Clot: Advances in Acute Myocardia ...
Young ERC Resuscitation Science Masterclass

Young ERC Resuscitation Science Masterclass

The Young ERC Resuscitation Science Masterclass aims to connect, inspire, and support the growth of the next generation of resuscitation scientists worldwide through education, networking and collaboration. The second edition of the Resuscitation Sci ...
CPR Dashboard

CPR Dashboard

EuReCa projects delve into patient data for insights on characteristics, treatments, and outcomesamong collaborators. The ERC is taking this further by adding an annual report on cardiac arrestepidemiology, displayed on a user-friendly map/dashboard. ...
Emergency Medicine Day 2025

Emergency Medicine Day 2025

This year's theme - Proud to provide your Emergency Care, celebrates the commitment and expertise of professionals working under pressure to deliver lifesaving care. Despite its critical role, Emergency Medicine remains unrecognised as a specialty in ...
Post-cardiac arrest management (POSTCAM) programme

Post-cardiac arrest management (POSTCAM) programme

What is this project about? This is an initiative led by the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACVC) of the ESC. The ACVC the European Resuscitation Council, the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) and the European Society of Intensiv ...
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What is this project about? On June 23, 2017, The European Resuscitation Council, the European Board of Anaesthesiology and the European Society of Anaesthesiology have issued a joint statement calling upon European hospitals all to use the same inte ...
ESCAPE-NET

ESCAPE-NET

What is this project about? European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network: towards Prevention, Education, New Effective Treatment. Main aims of the ESCAPE - NET project Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) causes ~20% of all deaths in Europe. SCA is lethal within ...
CoSy

CoSy

What is this project about? The previous ERC Course Management system was initiated over ten years ago. In its time it was an advanced system specifically designed for the ERC's multinational administrative needs. Over the years it was built on and i ...
Kids Save Lives

Kids Save Lives

What is this project about? The recent ERC Position Statement has provided key principles about the implementation of KIDS SAVE LIVES (KSL) in the world. This is a joint statement from the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the European Patient Sa ...
EuReCa TWO

EuReCa TWO

What is this project about? An international, prospective, multi-centre, three-month survey of epidemiology, treatment and outcome of patients suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe In October 2017, the European Resuscitation Counci ...
REAppropriate Trial

REAppropriate Trial

The REAppropriate study explores the perception of inappropriateness of CPR by healthcare providers working in Ambulance Services and Emergency Departments. Characteristics of healthcare providers, their work/ethical environment and patients are surv ...
EUROCALL

EUROCALL

What is this project about? The total time to connect to a Emergency Medical Communication Centre (TT-EMCC) may be relevant in situations such as cardiac arrest, where outcome is critically time-dependent . EUROCALL investigated TT-EMCC and its compo ...
EDiCeS

EDiCeS

What is this project about? Telephone-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) provides assistance to the emergency caller. So far, it is known that T-CPR highly improves CPR performance. Little is known about T-CPR implementation and its pract ...
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