2017•CirculationOpen access
2017 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary
Theresa M. Olasveengen, Allan R. de Caen, Mary E. Mancini, Ian Maconochie, Richard Aickin, Dianne L. Atkins, Robert A. Berg, Robert Bingham, Steven C. Brooks, Maaret Castrén, Sung Phil Chung, Julie Considine, Thomaz Bittencourt Couto, Raffo Escalante, Raúl J. Gazmuri, Anne‐Marie Guerguerian, Tetsuo Hatanaka, Rudolph W. Koster, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Eddy Lang, Swee Han Lim, Bo Løfgren, Peter A. Meaney, William Montgomery, Peter T. Morley, Laurie J. Morrison, Kevin Nation, Kee-Chong Ng, Vinay Nadkarni, Chika Nishiyama, Gabrielle Nuthall, Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, Gavin D. Perkins, Amélia G. Reis, Giuseppe Ristagno, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Michael R. Sayre, Stephen M. Schexnayder, Alfredo F. Sierra, Eunice M. Singletary, Naoki Shimizu, Michael A. Smyth, David Stanton, Janice A. Tijssen, Andrew H. Travers, Christian Vaillancourt, Patrick Van de Voorde, Mary Fran Hazinski, Jerry P. Nolan
Abstract
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has initiated a near-continuous review of cardiopulmonary resuscitation science that replaces the previous 5-year cyclic batch-and-queue approach process. This is the first of an annual series of International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations summary articles that will include the cardiopulmonary resuscitation science reviewed by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation in the previous year. The review this year includes 5 basic life support and 1 paediatric Consensuses on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Each of these includes a summary of the science and its quality based on Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation criteria and treatment recommendations. Insights into the deliberations of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation task force members are provided in Values and Preferences sections. Finally, the task force members have prioritised and listed the top 3 knowledge gaps for each population, intervention, comparator, and outcome question.