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The ANZCOR (Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation) guidelines provide those involved in resuscitation education and practice with recommendations based on scientific evidence.
Please note: Guidelines may be modified at any time and are only current from the day of printing.
When citing these guidelines we recommend using the following format:
ANZCOR, (year last updated), page title, accessed on day month year,
For example:
ANZCOR, 2024, Guideline 13.5 – Tracheal Intubation and Ventilation of the Newborn, accessed 4 November 2024, <https://www.anzcor.org/home/neonatal-resuscitation/guideline-13-5-tracheal-intubation-and-ventilation-of-the-newborn/>
ANZCOR Scientific Statements
Algorithms and Flowcharts
Basic Life Support
Adult Advanced Life Support
Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Newborn Life Support
Choking (Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction)
Anaphylaxis
NZ Resuscitation Council Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis (Large Version)
NZ Resuscitation Council Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis (Small Version)
Universal ILCOR AED Sign
Section 1 | Guideline Development
Sections 2-8 | Basic Life Support
Guideline 2 – Managing an Emergency
Guideline 3 – Recognition and First Aid Management of the Unconscious Person
Guideline 4 – Airway
Guideline 5 – Breathing
Guideline 6 – Compressions
Guideline 7 – Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
Guideline 8 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Section 9.1 | First Aid Management of Injuries
Guideline 9.1.1 – First Aid for Management of Bleeding
Guideline 9.1.3 – First Aid for Burns
Guideline 9.1.4 – Head Injury
Guideline 9.1.5 – First Aid Management of Harness Suspension Trauma
Guideline 9.1.6 – Management of Suspected Spinal Injury
Guideline 9.1.7 - First Aid Management of Crush Injury
UpdatedSection 9.2 | First Aid Management of Medical Conditions
Guideline 9.2.1 – Recognition and First Aid Management of Suspected Heart Attack
Guideline 9.2.2 – Stroke
Guideline 9.2.3 – Shock: First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill or Injured Person
Guideline 9.2.4 - First Aid Management of a Seizure
Guideline 9.2.5 – First Aid for Asthma
Guideline 9.2.7 – First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis
Guideline 9.2.8 - First Aid Management of Rapid Breathing (including Panic Attack)
Guideline 9.2.9 – First Aid Management of a Diabetic Emergency
Guideline 9.2.10 – The Use of Oxygen in Emergencies
Guideline 9.2.11 – First Aid Management of The Agitated Person
UpdatedGuideline 9.2.12 – Recognition and First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill person including Sepsis
Guideline 9.2.13 – First Aid Recognition and Management of Presyncope
Section 9.3 | First Aid Management for the Environment
Sections 9.4-9.5 | First Aid for Bites, Stings and Poisoning
Guideline 9.4.1 – First Aid Management of Australian Snake Bite
Guideline 9.4.2 - First Aid Management of Spider Bite
Guideline 9.4.3 – Envenomation from Tick Bites and Bee, Wasp and Ant Stings
Guideline 9.4.5 - First Aid Management of Marine Envenomation
UpdatedConsolidated Guidelines
- Guideline 9.4.5 - Envenomation - Jellyfish Stings
- Guideline 9.4.6 - Envenomation - Blue-Ringed Octopus and Cone Shell
- Guideline 9.4.7 - Envenomation - Fish Stings