Policies & Guidelines

NZRC policy statements are developed to provide all those involved in resuscitation education and practice with recommendations based where possible on scientific evidence.

Overview

NZRC policy statements are developed to provide all those involved in resuscitation education and practice with recommendations based where possible on scientific evidence.

Subject matter of the policies is in accordance with the aims and objectives of council, and will be reviewed and amended as new evidence comes to hand to ensure they fully reflect the council's position and are of a high standard.

Section 1 Guidelines - December 2010

Guideline 1.4 - Principles and Format for Developing Guidelines
Guideline 2 - Priorities in an Emergency
Guideline 3 - The Unconscious State
Guideline 4 - Airway
Guideline 5 - Breathing
Guideline 6 - Compressions
Guideline 7 - External Automated Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
Guideline 8 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Guideline 10.1 - Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
Guideline 10.3  - Cross Infection Risks and Manikin Disinfection

Adult Advanced Life Support - December 2010

Guideline 11.1 - Introduction to Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.1.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Advanced Life Support Providers
Guideline 11.2 - Protocols for Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.3 - Precordial Thump and Fist Pacing
Guideline 11.4 - Electrical Therapy for Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.5 - Medications in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.6 - Equipment and Techniques in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.7 - Post-Resuscitation Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.8 - Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest

Paediatric Advanced Life Support - December 2010

Guideline 12.1 - Introduction to Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.2 - Advanced Life Support for Infants and Children, Diagnosis and Initial Management
Guideline 12.3 - Flowchart for the Sequential Management of Life Threatning Arrhythmias in Infants & Children
Guideline 12.4 - Medications and Fluids in Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.5 - Management of Specific Arrhythmais in Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.6 - Techniques in Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.7 - Management after Resuscitation in Paediatric Advanced Life Support

Neonatal Guidelines - December 2010

Guideline 13.1 - Introduction to Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.2 - Identification of the Newborn Infant at Risk
Guideline 13.3 - Assessment of the Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.4 - Airway Management and Mask Ventilation of the Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.5 - Tracheal Intubation and Ventilation of the Newly Born Infant
Guideline 13.6 - Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.7 - Medications or Fluids for the Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.8 - The Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant in Special Circumstances
Guideline 13.9 - After the Resuscitaiton of a Newborn Infant
Guideline 13.10 - Ethical Issues in Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant