Copublishing of the Pediatric and Neonatal Portions of the 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations and the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

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For 20 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have partnered in the evaluation of pediatric resuscitation science through the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), development of Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines, and implementation of educational programs.The new 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations are copublished in Resuscitation (http://circ.ahajournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000270) and Circulation (http://circ.ahajournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000252). Additionally, the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care are now available (http://circ.ahajournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000252). In an effort to make the science and guidelines easily accessible to the pediatric community, the Pediatrics editorial board has co-published the pediatric and neonatal portions of these statements since 2000.Readers of the following excerpts are encouraged to reference the full 2015 supplements. The full supplements include several other relevant topic areas including ethics, education and training, and first-aid.The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) was formed in 1992 and currently includes representatives from the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, and the Resuscitation Council of Asia. The ILCOR mission is to identify and review international science and information relevant to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and to offer consensus on treatment recommendations. Since 2000, researchers from the ILCOR member councils have evaluated and reported their International Consensus on CPR and ECC Science With Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) in 5-year cycles.The 2015 evidence evaluation process began in 2012 when ILCOR representatives formed 7 task forces: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Pediatric BLS and ALS, Neonatal Resuscitation, Education, Implementation and Training (EIT), and for the first time, …