A Call to Establish a Global Resuscitation Alliance
On June 6-7, 2015 at the Utstein Abbey near Stavanger, Norway, 36 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) leaders, researchers, and experts from throughout the world convened to address the challenge of how to increase community cardiac arrest survival and how to achieve implementation of best practices and worthwhile programs. We call for the establishment of a Global Resuscitation Alliance in order to expand internationally the reach and utility of the Resuscitation Academy concept developed in King County, Seattle since 2008. Such a global effort will promote best practices and offer help with implementation to countless communities.
The Utstein Formula"All links in the chain of survival are responsible for working closely with the EMS system and its governance to fulfill this mission for the community."
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Improved Survival“Resuscitation is ultimately life-affirming. It is an ennobling act that reveals much about our society’s value - namely that human life has value.”
- A mantra of the Resuscitation Academy |
Top Ten Causes of DeathHeart disease is the greatest killer among non-communicable diseases worldwide.
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