Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Recommendations on defibrillation, electrical cardioversion, advanced airway management, drug therapies and intravenous access
Guidance on double sequential defibrillation, head-up CPR and point-of-care ultrasound in the advanced life support setting
Termination of resuscitation rules refined to guide decision-making based on the emergency medical services professional's scope of practice
Identify causative vs secondary arrhythmias to inform the timing of therapeutic strategies
Original publication
Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. Published 22 October 2025. doi:10.
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