European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2000 for Automated External Defibrillation. A statement from the Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation Working Group(1) and approved by the Executive Committee of the European Resuscitation Council

K G Monsieurs; A J Handley; L L Bossaert; European Resuscitation Council

doi:10.1016/s0300-9572(00)00378-6

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2000 for Automated External Defibrillation. A statement from the Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation Working Group(1) and approved by the Executive Committee of the European Resuscitation Council

Resuscitation. 2001 Mar;48(3):207-9. doi: 10.1016/s0300-9572(00)00378-6.

Authors

K G Monsieurs¹, A J Handley, L L Bossaert; European Resuscitation Council

Affiliation

¹ Ghent University Hospital, Intensive Care Unit 1K12IC, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. koen.monsieurs@rug.ac.be

PMID: 11278084
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9572(00)00378-6

Abstract

The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) last issued guidelines for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in 1998 [1]. The American Heart Association, together with representatives from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), then undertook a series of evidence-based evaluations of the science of resuscitation [2] which culminated in the publication of "Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care" in August 2000 [3,4]. The Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation Working Group (BLS&AED Working Group of the ERC) has considered this document and has recommended changes in the ERC AED guidelines. These are presented in this paper.

Publication types

Guideline
Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* / methods
Electric Countershock / methods*
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Shock / therapy