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Tick_stroke RCUK and RCGP partner to create ‘Community CPR in the COVID-19 world’ resources

Resuscitation Council UK and the Royal College of General Practitioners have partnered to develop a range of resources about Community CPR in the COVID-19 world.

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Tick_stroke Funding call for COVID-19 related resuscitation research

RCUK has launched its COVID-19-related resuscitation research fund, open until 6 January.

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Tick_stroke Key takeaways from the RCUK session at the 2020 ERC Congress

Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) was delighted to have a dedicated session at this year’s virtual ERC Congress.  It was a great opportunity to share an update on some of our work with the UK and Europe’s resuscitation community. We hope you were able to join the session, but if you missed it, read all about our update here. 

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Tick_stroke Resuscitation Council UK introduces version 3 of ReSPECT plan

Following feedback from professionals, patients and their families, Resuscitation Council UK has improved the ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) process which supports conversations about care in a future emergency. Version 3 of the ReSPECT form is even more patient-centred than previous versions and contains more prompts for explicit clinical reasoning.

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