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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.
ANZCOR Scientific Statements
Algorithms and Flowcharts
Basic Life Support
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Adult Advanced Life Support
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Paediatric Advanced Life Support
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Newborn Life Support
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Choking (Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction)
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Anaphylaxis
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NZ Resuscitation Council Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis (Large Version)
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NZ Resuscitation Council Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis (Small Version)
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Universal ILCOR AED Sign
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Section 1 | Guideline Development
Sections 2-8 | Basic Life Support
Guideline 2 – Managing an Emergency
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Guideline 3 – Recognition and First Aid Management of the Unconscious Person
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Guideline 4 – Airway
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Guideline 5 – Breathing
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Guideline 6 – Compressions
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Guideline 7 – Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
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Guideline 8 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
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Section 9.1 | First Aid Management of Injuries
Guideline 9.1.1 – First Aid for Management of Bleeding
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Guideline 9.1.3 – First Aid for Burns
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Guideline 9.1.4 – Head Injury
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Guideline 9.1.5 – First Aid Management of Harness Suspension Trauma
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Guideline 9.1.6 – Management of Suspected Spinal Injury
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Guideline 9.1.7 - First Aid Management of Crush Injury
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Section 9.2 | First Aid Management of Medical Conditions
Guideline 9.2.1 – Recognition and First Aid Management of Suspected Heart Attack
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Guideline 9.2.2 – Stroke
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Guideline 9.2.3 – Shock: First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill or Injured Person
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Guideline 9.2.4 - First Aid Management of a Seizure
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Guideline 9.2.5 – First Aid for Asthma
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Guideline 9.2.7 – First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis
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Guideline 9.2.8 - First Aid Management of Rapid Breathing (including Panic Attack)
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Guideline 9.2.9 – First Aid Management of a Diabetic Emergency
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Guideline 9.2.10 – The Use of Oxygen in Emergencies
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Guideline 9.2.11 – First Aid Management of The Agitated Person
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Guideline 9.2.12 – Recognition and First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill person including Sepsis
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Guideline 9.2.13 – First Aid Recognition and Management of Presyncope
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Section 9.3 | First Aid Management for the Environment
Guideline 9.3.2 – Resuscitation in Drowning
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Guideline 9.3.3 - First Aid Management of Hypothermia and Cold-Related Injuries
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Guideline 9.3.4 – Heat Induced Illness (Hyperthermia)
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Guideline 9.3.5 – First Aid and Resuscitation for Divers who have Breathed Compressed Gas
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Sections 9.4-9.5 | First Aid for Bites, Stings and Poisoning
Guideline 9.4.1 – First Aid Management of Australian Snake Bite
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Guideline 9.4.2 - First Aid Management of Spider Bite
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Guideline 9.4.3 – Envenomation from Tick Bites and Bee, Wasp and Ant Stings
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Guideline 9.4.5 - Envenomation - Jellyfish Stings
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Guideline 9.4.6 - Envenomation - Blue-Ringed Octopus and Cone Shell
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Guideline 9.4.7 - Envenomation - Fish Stings
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Guideline 9.4.8 - Envenomation - Pressure Immobilisation Technique
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Guideline 9.5.1 – First Aid Management of Poisoning
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Guideline 9.5.2 – First Aid Management of Opioid Overdose
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Section 10 | Education and Implementation
Guideline 10.1 - Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
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Guideline 10.2 – Advanced Life Support (ALS) Training
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Guideline 10.3 - Good Practice Statement: Minimum Hygiene Requirements for Resuscitation and First Aid Training
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Guidance Statement 10.5.1 – Legal Issues Related to Responding to Emergency Situations and Resuscitation
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Guideline 10.6 Family Presence during Resuscitation
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Section 11 | Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.2 – Protocols for Adult Advanced Life Support
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Guideline 11.3 - Precordial Thump and Percussion (Fist) Pacing
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Guideline 11.4 – Electrical Therapy for Adult Advanced Life Support
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Guideline 11.5 – Medications in Adult Cardiac Arrest
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Guideline 11.6 – Equipment and Techniques in Adult Advanced Life Support
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Guideline 11.6.1 – Targeted Oxygen Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
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Guideline 11.7 – Post-resuscitation Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
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Guideline 11.8 – Temperature Control after Cardiac Arrest
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Guideline 11.9 - Managing Acute Dysrhythmias
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Guideline 11.10 Resuscitation in special circumstances
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Guideline 11.10.1 Management of Cardiac Arrest due to Trauma
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Section 12 | Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.1 – Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) for health professionals
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Guideline 12.2 – Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
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Guideline 12.3 – Management of other (non-arrest) arrhythmias in infants and children
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Guideline 12.4 – Paediatric resuscitation in special circumstances
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Guideline 12.5 – Management after Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
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Section 13 | Newborn Resuscitation
Guideline 13.1 – Introduction to Resuscitation of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.2 – Planning for Newborn Resuscitation and Identification of the Newborn at Risk
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Guideline 13.3 – Assessment of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.4 – Airway Management and Mask Ventilation of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.5 – Tracheal Intubation and Ventilation of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.6 – Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.7 – Medication or Fluids for the Resuscitation of the Newborn
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Guideline 13.8 – The Resuscitation of the Newborn in Special Circumstances
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Guideline 13.9 – After the Resuscitation of a Newborn
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Guideline 13.10 – Ethical Issues in Resuscitation of the Newborn
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Physiology of Birth Asphyxia
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Section 14 | Acute Coronary Syndromes
Guideline 14 - Acute Coronary syndromes
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Guideline 14.1 – Acute Coronary Syndromes: Presentation
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Guideline 14.1.2 The use of a gastro intestinal cocktail for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in adult emergency department patients presenting with chest pain
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Guideline 14.2 – Acute Coronary Syndromes: Initial Medical Therapy
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Guideline 14.3 – Acute Coronary Syndromes: Reperfusion Strategy
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