European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Education for resuscitation

Robert Greif; Andrew Lockey; Jan Breckwoldt; Francesc Carmona; Patricia Conaghan; Artem Kuzovlev; Lucas Pflanzl-Knizacek; Ferenc Sari; Salma Shammet; Andrea Scapigliati; Nigel Turner; Joyce Yeung; Koenraad G Monsieurs

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.016

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Education for resuscitation

Resuscitation. 2021 Apr:161:388-407. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.016. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; School of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: robert.greif@insel.ch.
² Emergency Department, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, UK.
³ Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁶ Negovsky Research Institute of General Reanimatology of the Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Moscow, Russia.
⁷ Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁸ Emergency Department, Skellefteå Hospital, Sweden.
⁹ Karary University, Medical College, Khartoum, Sudan.
¹⁰ Institute of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Division of Vital Functions, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital at the University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
¹² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
¹³ Emergency Department, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

PMID: 33773831
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.016

Abstract

These European Resuscitation Council education guidelines, are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. This section provides guidance to citizens and healthcare professionals with regard to teaching and learning the knowledge, skills and attitudes of resuscitation with the ultimate aim of improving patient survival after cardiac arrest.

Keywords: Basic and advanced life support; Education, Simulation; Faculty development; Resuscitation; Technology enhanced learning.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Educational Status
Health Personnel
Heart Arrest* / therapy
Humans