Acute cardiac care & resuscitationGuideline or statement
Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Clinical practice guideline
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:10.1161/cir.0000000000001376
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