WHAT IS

ILCOR ?

International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) was formed in 1992 to provide a forum for liaison between principal resuscitation organizations worldwide. At present, ILCOR comprises representatives of the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC), the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, the Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa (RCSA), and the Inter American Heart Foundation (IAHF).

The objectives of the ILCOR are to:

Provide a forum for discussion and for coordination of all aspects of cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation worldwide.

Foster scientific research in areas of resuscitation where there is a lack of data or where there is controversy.

Provide for dissemination of information on training and education in resuscitation.

Provide a mechanism for collecting, reviewing and sharing international scientific data on resuscitation.

Produce as appropriate statements on specific issues related to resuscitation that reflect international consensus.

ILCOR meets twice each year usually alternating between a venue in the United States and a venue elsewhere in the world. In collaboration with the AHA, ILCOR produced the first International CPR Guidelines in 2000. Once again, in collaboration with the AHA, ILCOR is now co-ordinating an evidence-based review of resuscitation science, which will culminate in the International Consensus on CPR and ECC Science with Treatment Recommendations Conference in January 2005. The proceedings of this meeting will provide the material for regional resuscitation organizations such as the AHA and ERC, to write their resuscitation guidelines.

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