European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Paediatric Life Support

  • Jana Djakow*
  • , Nigel Mc Beth Turner
  • , Sophie Skellett
  • , ERC Paediatric Life Support Writing Group collaborators
  • , Corinne M.P. Buysse
  • , Francesco Cardona
  • , Nieves de Lucas
  • , Jimena Del Castillo
  • , Panu Kiviranta
  • , Kasper G. Lauridsen
  • , Franziska Markel
  • , Abel Martinez-Mejias
  • , Inge Roggen
  • , Dominique Biarent
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

These European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Paediatric Life Support (PLS) are based on the Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and rapid reviews performed by the ERC Writing Group Paediatric Life Support of topics not covered by ILCOR. These Guidelines provide recommendations on the prevention of cardiac arrest, basic life support, advanced life support, resuscitation in special circumstances, post-resuscitation care, prognostication, and post-discharge care in infants, children and adolescents add brackets (aged 0-18 years), but does not cover resuscitation of the neonate at birth. The recommendations have been formulated for healthcare providers who take care of children and for the general public and includes recommendations on how to implement the Guidelines and system factors. Stakeholders from a range of health care settings were involved in the Guidelines development process and the views of the community advisors representing families of paediatric cardiac arrest survivors and non-survivors were also considered.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110767
Number of pages1
JournalResuscitation
Volume215
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2025

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