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  1. RCUK discusses the importance of defibrillators in Scottish Parliament

    On a visit to the Scottish Parliament, RCUK provided evidence surrounding Public Access Defibrillators in response to a recent petition. 

  2. Quality Standards: Acute care equipment and drug lists

    Adult and paediatric equipment and drug lists for use in an acute setting.

  3. CPR in Secondary Schools

    At RCUK, we believe that everyone should learn the skills to save a life. Schools offer a great environment for young people to learn and we have created a lesson plan to help you teach your students with confidence.

    We have created resources that will help teachers to deliver CPR education confidently to their students wherever they live in the UK at any time during the school year. If you’re looking for a suitable moment, Restart a Heart Day takes place every year on 16 October.

  4. Resuscitation Council UK introduces version 3 of ReSPECT plan

    Following feedback from professionals, patients and their families, Resuscitation Council UK has improved the ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) process which supports conversations about care in a future emergency. Version 3 of the ReSPECT form is even more patient-centred than previous versions and contains more prompts for explicit clinical reasoning.

  5. e-Lifesaver

    Guarantee your workplace knows what to do in an emergency with this SCORM-compliant CPR learning tool.

  6. NHS Long Term Plan: What does it mean for Resuscitation Council UK?

    A look at the NHS Long Term Plan, and how it impacts our work in resuscitation training, research and guidelines. 

  7. RCUK’s position on the use of suction-based airway clearance devices on choking individuals

    With several airway clearance devices now available in the UK, Resuscitation Council UK outlines their stance on these devices. 

  8. Executive Committee

    Resuscitation Council UK has an Executive Committee, who have a wide range of clinical expertise that they use to advise the Board of Trustees as well as the wider staff team.

  9. Executive summary of the main changes since the 2015 Guidelines

    An introduction to the 2021 Guidelines, including details of key changes.

  10. Systems saving lives Guidelines

    These guidelines describe a number of system-level factors that can improve the management of cardiac arrest patients and provide best practice guidance for interventions to improve outcomes for both out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).