Acute cardiac care & resuscitationGuideline or statement
Part 4: Systems of Care: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Guideline
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
OHCA: EMS team composition and transport, community initiatives to promote lay rescuer response, public access defibrillation and naloxone, enhanced role for emergency telecommunicators
In-hospital cardiac arrest: cardiac arrest prevention and code team composition
ECMO CPR, transport to specialized cardiac arrest centers, organ donation, survivorship systems and performance measurement
Original publication
Part 4: Systems of Care: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. Published 22 October 2025. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001378
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