Resuscitation (2005) 67S1, S1—S2
Preface
This supplement of Resuscitation contains the Euro-
pean Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines for
Resuscitation 2005. It is derived from the 2005
International Consensus Conference on Cardiopul-
monary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascu-
lar Care Science with Treatment Recommendations
produced by the International Liaison Committee
on Resuscitation (ILCOR) published simultaneously
in an issue of Resuscitation.
co-chairman, for thanks and praise. He is univer-
sally respected and popular, and has proved to be
a wonderful ambassador for Europe. His scientific
credibility and understanding are beyond doubt and
his integrity, dedication, sheer hard work, patience
and meticulous attention to detail and sensitivities
have won the admiration of all. He has led the Con-
sensus on Science process on our behalf, and has
been the lead co-ordinator in producing the Euro-
The European representatives at that Confer-
ence, held in Dallas in January 2005, more than
pulled their weight in the process of producing the
Consensus on Science conclusions arising as a result
of presentations and debate. Their names are listed
at the end of this Foreword, and the resuscitation
community in Europe and beyond is most grateful
to them for their talent, dedication and selfless
hard work. In addition, they, and many others from
Europe, also produced worksheets addressing the
evidence for and against every conceivable detail
of resuscitation theory and practice.
The ERC Guidelines contain recommendations
that, by consensus of the European representatives,
pean Guidelines.
Finally we thank our publishers, Elsevier, through
the Publishing Editor for Resuscitation, Anne Lloyd
and her colleagues, for their professionalism, tol-
erance and patience in these endeavours.
Representatives from Europe at the
International Consensus Conference
held in Dallas, USA, in January 2005
Hans-Richard Arntz (Germany), Dennis Azzopardi
(UK), Jan Bahr (Germany), Gad Bar-Joseph (Israel),
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