Dr Natalie Hood joined the ARC in February 2005 as the Surf Life Saving Australia representative. During her time on Council Natalie held the following roles: Deputy Convenor BLS Sub-Committee 2013 – 2015 Convenor First Aid Sub-Committee Nov 2015 – July 2018 Deputy Convenor First Aid Sub-Committee July 2018 – Aug 2019 Natalie said she had thoroughly enjoyed her time ... Read More

The ILCOR 2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary has been published in the journals Resuscitation and Circulation. The summary addresses the role of antiarrhythmic drugs in adults and children and includes the Advanced Life Support Task Force and Paediatric Task Force consensus statements based on GRADE methodology. The statements include consensus treatment … Read More

Airway management during CPR: Airways2 and PART http://www.ilcor.org/news/news-archive/ilcor-welcomes-the-publication-of-the-airways2-and-part-trials Adrenaline during CPR: Paramedic2 http://www.ilcor.org/news/news-archive/ilcor-statement-regarding-publication-of-the-paramedic2-trial ANZCOR representatives on the ILCOR ALS Task Force are Tonia Nicholson (NZRC) and, Peter Morley and Michael Parr (ARC). The ILCOR ALS Task Force is currently re-evaluating the evidence, consensus on science and treatment recommendations for airway management and adrenaline use during CPR. Based on preliminary evaluation of … Read More

Restart A Heart Day 2018 ANZCOR Media Statement – (0.2 MB)

Link to Video launch: https://youtu.be/XiaxErkA3aULink to UTAS website: http://www.utas.edu.au/shockverdict

The following statement is available: A Guide to Automated External Defibrillators – Statement July 2017

ANZCOR Neonatal Guidelines The Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR) published updates on adult, paediatric and neonatal resuscitation guidelines in 2016 (see; resus.org.au and www.nzrc.org.nz for the full text of all guidelines) These updates were based on the 2015 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) suite of consensus statements on the science of resuscitation with treatment recommendations (full … Read More

Congratulations to John Pearn who has received the Royal Life Saving Society's King Edward VII Cup from the Queen. https://www.royal.uk/queen-and-prince-michael-kent-celebrate-125-years-royal-life-saving-society http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/11/23/australian-gets-lifesaving-cup-queen John Pearn receiving the the Royal Life Saving Society's King Edward VII Cup from the Queen.

The ARC Victorian Branch presented Tony with a Distinguished Service Award for his 15 years service as Chairman of the branch. Tony showed inspirational leadership and will be sadly missed. In August 2016 Tony was also presented a Recognition of Service Award by the ARC National Council for his enormous contributions over the past 15 years as the Victorian Branch … Read More

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