on emergency cardiac care for Basic Life Support (BLS), Paediatric Life Support (PLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS). While the major focus will be upon treatment guidelines, the steering committee will also address the effectiveness of educational and training approaches and topics related to the organisation and implementation of emergency cardiac care. The Committee will also encourage coordination of dates for guidelines development and conferences by various national resuscitation councils. These international guidelines will aim for a commonality supported by science for BLS, ALS and PLS.”
B.1.2 Objectives
•Provide a forum for discussion and for coordination of all aspects of cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation worldwide •Foster scientific research in areas of resuscitation where there is a lack of data or where there is controversy •Provide for dissemination of information on training and education in resuscitation •Provide a mechanism for collecting, reviewing and sharing international scientific data on resuscitation •Produce as appropriate statements on specific issues related to resuscitation that reflect international consensus
B.1.3 Activities
ILCOR meets twice each year usually alternating between a venue in the United States and a venue elsewhere in the world. ILCOR produced the first International CPR Guidelines in 2000, and revised protocols in 2005 (published concurrently in the scientific journals Resuscitation and Circulation). A total of 281 experts completed 403 worksheets on 275 topics, reviewing more than 22000 published studies to produce the 2005 revision. The standard revisions cycle for resuscitation is five years. The last revision was in 2005, so the next will be in 2010.
Appendix C
Resources & Further Reading C.1 Print Resources Those resources marked with a Jare Canadian, or conform to standards used in Canada. 1. Wyatt, Jonathat, Robin Illingworth, Michael Clancy, Phillip T. Munro, Colin Robertson. Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 2005. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198526237. 2. Lifesaving Society. Canadian First Aid Manual, 2nd ed., 2006. Lifesaving Society, Toronto, ON. ISBN 0-9735660-5-1.J 3. Lifesaving Society. Award Guide: First Aid, 2006. Lifesaving Society, Toronto, ON. ISBN 0-9690721-6-3.J 4. Limmer, Daniel, Keith J. Karren, Brent Q. Hafen, John MacKay, Michalle MacKay. Emergency Medical Responder, 2005. Pearson Education Canada. ISBN 013127824X.J 5. Limmer, Daniel, Michael F. O’Keefe. Emergency Care, 10th ed., 2004. Pearson, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN 013114233X. 6. St. John Ambulance. First Aid: First on the scene, 2000. St. John Ambulance, Ottawa, ON. ISBN 1-894070-20-8.J 7. St. John Ambulance NS/PEI Council. Marine First Aid Supplement. St. John Ambulance, Halifax, NS.J