Resuscitation Council (UK) General Information

General information about the Resuscitation Council

1. Background
2. Aims
3. Courses

4. Guidelines

5. Other services

6. Addresses and contact information

Background

The Resuscitation Council (UK) was formed in August 1981 by a group of medical practitioners from a variety of specialities who shared an interest in, and concern for, the subject of resuscitation.

The objective of the Council was, and still is, to facilitate education of both lay and healthcare professional members of the population in the most effective methods of resuscitation appropriate to their needs.

Aims

To achieve its objective, the Resuscitation Council (UK) has the following aims:

• To encourage research into methods of resuscitation

• To study resuscitation teaching techniques

• To establish appropriate guidelines for resuscitation procedures

• To promote the teaching of resuscitation as established in the guidelines

• To establish and maintain standards for resuscitation

• To foster good working relations between all organisations involved
  in resuscitation and to produce and publish training aids and other
  literature concerned with the organisation of resuscitation and
  its teaching.

Courses

In order to teach theoretical and practical resuscitation skills to healthcare professionals, the Council has developed a variety of advanced courses. These include advanced life support courses in adult, paediatric and newborn resuscitation which are run at centres throughout the UK.

Further details and information leaflets on all our courses are available from the central office.

Guidelines

Working Parties of the Resuscitation Council (UK) review protocols for basic, advanced, paediatric, and newborn resuscitation. These are available in the Guidelines section of this website and in printed form from the Council; please see our Publications list for more details.

In addition, a Research Committee has available funding to assist new resuscitation initiatives. This is described in our Research section.

Project Teams are set up as required to produce new guidelines and reports on relevant resuscitation topics and these are published periodically by the Council. These are included in our Publications list, and many are also published on this website in the Guidelines, Medical Information and Reports and Important Statements sections.

Other services

The Council is happy to receive enquiries in connection with all aspects of resuscitation from the lay public and healthcare professionals. In the first instance, the central office should be contacted for information. You can also email us at enquiries@resus.org.uk.

Contact information

For full details of how to contact the Resuscitation Council please click here.