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ANZCOR Scientific Statements
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Algorithms and Flowcharts
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Guideline Development
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Basic Life Support
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First Aid Management of Injuries
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First Aid for Medical Conditions
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First Aid for the Environment
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First Aid for Bites, Stings and Poisoning
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Education and Implementation
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Adult Advanced Life Support
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Paediatric Advanced Life Support
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Newborn Resuscitation
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Acute Coronary Syndromes
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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
Section 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
Guideline 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 - Envenomation - Jellyfish Stings
Guideline 9.4.6 - Envenomation - Blue-Ringed Octopus and Cone Shell
Guideline 9.4.7 - Envenomation - Fish Stings
Guideline 9.4.8 - Envenomation - Pressure Immobilisation Technique
Guideline 9.5.1 – First Aid Management of Poisoning
Guideline 9.5.2 – First Aid Management of Opioid Overdose
Section 10 | Education and Implementation
Guideline 10.1 - Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
Updated
Guideline 10.2 – Advanced Life Support (ALS) Training
Updated
Guideline 10.3 - Good Practice Statement: Minimum Hygiene Requirements for Resuscitation and First Aid Training
Guidance Statement 10.5.1 – Legal Issues Related to Responding to Emergency Situations and Resuscitation
Guidance Statement 10.5.2 – Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Responding to Emergency Situations and Resuscitation – Consent
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Guidance Statement 10.5.3 – Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Resuscitation – Withholding and withdrawal of resuscitation
Updated
Guideline 10.6 Family Presence during Resuscitation
Section 11 | Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.2 – Protocols for Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.3 - Precordial Thump and Percussion (Fist) Pacing
Guideline 11.4 – Electrical Therapy for Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.5 – Medications in Adult Cardiac Arrest
Guideline 11.6 – Equipment and Techniques in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.6.1 – Targeted Oxygen Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.7 – Post-resuscitation Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.8 – Temperature Control after Cardiac Arrest
Guideline 11.9 - Managing Acute Dysrhythmias
Guideline 11.10 Resuscitation in special circumstances
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Guideline 11.10.1 Management of Cardiac Arrest due to Trauma
Section 12 | Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.1 – Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) for health professionals
Guideline 12.2 – Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Guideline 12.3 – Management of other (non-arrest) arrhythmias in infants and children
Guideline 12.4 – Paediatric resuscitation in special circumstances
Guideline 12.5 – Management after Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
Section 13 | Newborn Resuscitation
Guideline 13.1 – Introduction to Resuscitation of the Newborn
Guideline 13.2 – Planning for Newborn Resuscitation and Identification of the Newborn at Risk
Guideline 13.3 – Assessment of the Newborn
Guideline 13.4 – Airway Management and Mask Ventilation of the Newborn
Guideline 13.5 – Tracheal Intubation and Ventilation of the Newborn
Guideline 13.6 – Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn
Guideline 13.7 – Medication or Fluids for the Resuscitation of the Newborn
Guideline 13.8 – The Resuscitation of the Newborn in Special Circumstances
Guideline 13.9 – After the Resuscitation of a Newborn
Guideline 13.10 – Ethical Issues in Resuscitation of the Newborn
Physiology of Birth Asphyxia