EUROPEAN @ RESUSCITATION COUNCIL Immediate Life Support ERC GUIDELINES 2010 EDITIONImmediate Life Support ERC GUIDELINES 2010 EDITIONi) Immediate Life Support Course Manual Editors Acknowledgements Jasmeet Soar (Charman) We thank Over Meyerfor the dighal preparation of ceshihiichel the ECG rhythm strips and Annelies Pek (ERC for the administrative co-ordination Jetty Nolan Gavin Perkins Published by European Resuscitation Council vaw, Mike Scott Die Ekenstraat 651, 250 Edegem, Belgium, Contributors ‘Marino Canadlja ‘Matthew Cordingly Charles Deakin ‘Manat Elkholy David Gabbott Nevile Goodman Carl Gwinnute Anthony Handley Bob Haris Sara Hares Hrafnhiidur Lilja Jonsdottr Andrew Lockey Oliver Meyer Sarah Mitchell Jerry Nolan Gavin Perkins David Pitcher Mike Scott Gary Smith Jasmeet Soar Karla Wright Illustrations Drawings by Jean-Marie Brisart. Drawings and algorithms by Het Geel Punt bvba, Melkouwen 425, 2590 Beraar, Belgium (hgp@hetgeelpuntbe). ‘Drawings based on original photographs taken byMike Score. (Cover page and lay out by Griet Dernesmacker, glum (rietdemesmacker@gmallcom) ‘This manuals based onthe ILS manual (3rd edition) produced by the Resuscitation Council (UX), 15BN 9789079157297 - Depot nr 0/2011/11.393/2 Printed by All Bin All Printing Press Al Nada Street, Doha Jadeed - PO. Box:75, Doha - Qatar. © European Resuscitation Counc 2011. Alrights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in {any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the ERC. ECGs © Olver Meyer Chain of Prevention © Gary Smith ‘Smith GB, Resuscitation 2010; 81: 1209-1211 ‘The four Hs and fourTs © Matthew Cordingly Examples of intraosseous devices (picture 2) eVidacare BY. Discalmer:No responsibility is assumed by the ‘authors and the publisher for any injury and/or da- ‘mage to persons or property asa result of products liability, negligence or otherwise or from any use or ‘operation of any methods, products, Instructions oF Ideas contained in the materia herein. Because of rapid advances inthe medical sciences, the editor recommends that independent verification of diag- nosis should be made.