ILCOR Advisory StatementEducation in Resuscitation
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Introduction: the need for change
The value of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been well defined by studies in many countries and communities. Randomized clinical trials are inappropriate in this setting and cannot determine accurately the degree of benefit conferred, but observational data from 17 papers published before 1991 [1] and two nationwide studies since that time [2], [3] suggest that the odds ratio for improved survival of victims of collapse is ≈2.5. This benefit is achieved principally by
General objectives in CPR training
The ideal situation—someone attempts to provide BLS in every case of witnessed cardiac arrest in a community—is neither attainable nor even readily measurable. Other more practical objectives are required but have rarely been defined or debated. At present the number of persons receiving training in any one area has been regarded as the principal measure of success, without measure of quality or benefit. This limited view has now come under scrutiny and is recognized as unsatisfactory.
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2016, ResuscitationCitation Excerpt :Therefore, it is also needed to enable the rescuers to perform high-quality CPR when resuscitation starts. The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) proposed the concept of the formula for survival and suggested educational efficiency was one of three multiplicands which would affect the survival (Fig. 1).5,6 Teaching more potential rescuers CPR and giving them the ability to perform high-quality CPR through more efficient educational methods may ultimately improve the rates and the quality of bystander CPR, and help save more lives.7
Transforming a team of experts into an expert team
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European Resuscitation Council:Leo Bossaert, Pierre Carli, Carl Gwinnutt, Tony Handley, Stig Holmberg, Paco de Latorre, Jerry Nolan, Petter A. Steen, David Zideman. American Heart Association:Tom Aufderheide, Robert Berg, Jack Billi, Allan Braslow, Richard O. Cummins, William Montgomery, Vinay Nadkarni, Ed Stapleton, Mark Swanson. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada:Ron Bowles, Marc Gay, Michael Shuster. Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa:Ashraf Coovadia, Walter Kloeck, Barry Milner. Australia and New Zealand Resuscitation Council:Jenny Dennett, Ian Jacobs, Pip Mason. Consejo Latino-Americana de Resusucitación:Edison Ferreira de Paiva, Carlos Reyes, Sergio Timerman. Invited Experts:Pascal Cassan (European Red Cross National Societies), Harald Eikeland (Laerdal Foundation), Christoph R. Kaufmann (Bethesda Simulation Center), Erich Leisch (JUST Project), John Schaefer (Pittsburgh Simulation Center). Observers:Ken Morallee, Kazuo Okada (Japanese Resuscitation Council). Host:Tore Laerdal.