European Resuscitation Council guidelines for resuscitation

1. Introduction. From ILCOR Policy Statements to ERC Model Guidelines. 2. Adult Basic Life Support. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The 1998 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Adult Basic Life Support. 2.2.1 ILCOR Advisory Statements. 2.2.2 Sequence of actions. 2.3 Course content. 2.4 Risk to the rescuer. 3. Adult Advanced Life Support. 3.1 The 1998 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Adult Advanced Life Support. 3.2 ERC AALS@ model course proposal. 3.3 PostResuscitation care. 4. Paediatric Life Support. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 ILCOR Paediatric Working Group Advisory Statement. 4.3 The 1998 ERC Guidelines for Paediatric Life Support. Sequence of actions. 4.4 The 1998 ERC Guidelines for Paediatric Life Support. PLS training programme. 4.5 The 1998 ERC Guidelines for Resuscitation of babies at birth. 5. Automated External Defibrillation. 5.1 ILCOR Advisory statement on early defibrillation. 5.2 The 1998 ERC Guidelines for automated external defibrillation by EMS providers and first responsders. 5.3 Course content. 6. The 1998 ERC Guidelines For The Management of the Airway and Ventilation during Resuscitation. 7. Peri-arrest Arrhythmias: Management of Arrhythmias Associated with Cardiac Arrest. 8. The Prehospital Management of Acute Heart Attacks. 9. Ethics in Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. 9.1 Ethical principles in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 9.2 The ethics of resuscitation in clinical practice.