[European Guidelines on cardiac arrest, what's new?]

The European recommendations on cardiac arrest are based on the evidence gathered and reviewed by the International Resuscitation Liaison Committee (ILCOR) and were published in October 2015. These recommendations without representing a revolution, constitute an evolution centered on a primary goal to increase survival following cardiac arrest. This improvement in survival depends on four main factors: early identification of cardiac arrest, early access to rescue, early and quality CPR, and access to early defibrillation. These recommendations underline the importance of the interactions between the actors involved in the management of cardiac arrest: medical emergency dispatching personnel, the first provider who administers the CPR and the actors responsible for the deployment of public access defibrillation.