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  1. Adult basic life support Guidelines

    Information about the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to act when someone sustains an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

  2. Executive summary of the main changes since the 2021 Guidelines

    An introduction to the 2025 Guidelines, including details of key changes.

  3. Guidelines Process

  4. First Aid Guidelines

    This new section provides advice based on science on life-threatening conditions that might lead to a cardiac arrest if first aid is not done or on time-critical conditions where first aid can reduce severe morbidity.

  5. Systems saving lives Guidelines

    These guidelines describe a number of system-level factors that can improve the management of cardiac arrest patients.

  6. Ethics Guidelines

    This section outlines core ethical principles and UK law around resuscitation. These guidelines should be operationalised in accordance with national mental capacity law.

  7. RCUK publishes Guidelines 2025

    Resuscitation Council UK has released the 2025 Resuscitation Guidelines, setting out the latest evidence-informed best practice for resuscitation and emergency care across all ages and care settings in the UK.

  8. iResus

    Guidelines on the go. Access resuscitation Guidelines on your mobile by downloading the iResus app.

  9. Updated AED guidance empowers communities to save lives

  10. RCUK President honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Heart Association

    … President honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Heart Association Professor Gavin Perkins MBE, President of … a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA).  At the recent AHA meeting … President honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Heart Association Professor Gavin Perkins MBE, …