European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Basic Life Support

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.009

Resuscitation

Volume 161, April 2021, Pages 98-114

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Abstract

The European Resuscitation Council has produced these basic life support guidelines, which are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. The topics covered include cardiac arrest recognition, alerting emergency services, chest compressions, rescue breaths, automated external defibrillation (AED), CPR quality measurement, new technologies, safety, and foreign body airway obstruction.

Keywords

Guidelines

Basic Life support

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Chest compression

Ventilation

Rescue breaths

Automated External Defibrillator

Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Medical Dispatch

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