International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
(ILCOR)
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)
was formed in 1992 to provide a forum for liaison between principal
resuscitation organisations worldwide. Although the criteria for
participation were not closely defined, member organisations were expected
to have an accepted remit for creating resuscitation guidelines, preferably for
more than one country, and to be multidisciplinary in membership. At
present, ILCOR comprises representatives of the American Heart Association
(AHA), the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Canada (HSFC), the Australian and New Zealand Committee on
Resuscitation, the Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa (RCSA), and
the Inter American Heart Foundation (IAHF). The current ILCOR co chairs are Bill
Montgomery and Jerry Nolan.
The objectives of the ILCOR are
to:
·
Provide a forum for discussion and
for coordination of all aspects of cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation
worldwide.
·
Foster scientific research in areas
of resuscitation where there is a lack of data or where there is
controversy.
·
Provide for dissemination of
information on training and education in
resuscitation.
·
Provide a mechanism for collecting,
reviewing and sharing international scientific data on
resuscitation.
·
Produce as appropriate statements on
specific issues related to resuscitation that reflect international
consensus.
ILCOR
meets twice each year usually alternating between a venue in the
United
States and a venue elsewhere in the world.
In collaboration with the AHA, ILCOR produced the first International CPR
Guidelines in 2000. Once again, in collaboration with the AHA, ILCOR is now
co-ordinating an evidence-based review of resuscitation science, which will
culminate in the International Consensus on CPR and ECC Science with Treatment
Recommendations Conference in January 2005. The proceedings of this meeting will
provide the material for regional resuscitation organisations, such as the ERC,
to write their resuscitation guidelines.