The Resuscitation Council
The Resuscitation Council is a multidisciplinary organisation dedicated to the dissemination of the most effective methods of resuscitation to both health care professionals and members of the public. The achievement of this broad objective is facilitated by its stated key aims:
The Council produces algorithms and guidelines for a range of resuscitation related conditions, including basic, advanced, paediatric and newborn resuscitation, as well as further guidelines such as for choking victims, specified cardiac arrhythmias, and anaphylaxis. These guidelines ad algorithms found the basis of resuscitative practice for a significant percentage of health care providers in the United Kingdom.
- To encourage research into methods of resuscitation
- To study resuscitation teaching techniques
- To establish appropriate guidelines for resuscitation procedures
- To promote the teaching of resuscitation as established in the guidelines
- To establish and maintain standards for resuscitation
- To foster good working relations between all organisations involved in resuscitation and to produce and publish training aids and other literature concerned with the organisation of resuscitation and its teaching.
The Council produces algorithms and guidelines for a range of resuscitation related conditions, including basic, advanced, paediatric and newborn resuscitation, as well as further guidelines such as for choking victims, specified cardiac arrhythmias, and anaphylaxis. These guidelines ad algorithms found the basis of resuscitative practice for a significant percentage of health care providers in the United Kingdom.