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(Circulation. 2005;112:III-1 – III-4.)
© 2005 American Heart Association, Inc.

Section 1

Part 1: Introduction

From the 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, hosted by the American Heart Association in Dallas, Texas, January 23–30, 2005.

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	Toward International Consensus on Science

 
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) was formed in 1993. Its mission is to identify and review international science and knowledge relevant to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and to offer consensus on treatment recommendations.¹ Emergency cardiovascular care includes all responses necessary to treat sudden life-threatening events affecting the cardiovascular and respiratory systems but with a particular focus on sudden cardiac arrest.

In 1999 the American Heart Association (AHA) hosted the first ILCOR conference to evaluate resuscitation science and develop common resuscitation guidelines. The conference recommendations were published in the international Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.^2,3 Since that time researchers from the ILCOR member councils have continued to evaluate resuscitation science in a process that culminated in the 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations (2005 Consensus Conference). This publication summarizes the conclusions and recommendations of that evidence evaluation process.

The goal of every resuscitation organization and resuscitation expert is to prevent premature cardiovascular death. When cardiac arrest or life-threatening emergencies occur, prompt and skillful response can make the difference between life and death and between intact survival and debilitation. This document summarizes current evidence for the recognition and response to sudden life-threatening events, particularly sudden cardiac arrest in victims of all ages. The broad range and number of topics reviewed and the inevitable limitations of journal space require succinctness in science statements and, where recommendations were appropriate, brevity in treatment recommendations. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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