• Sung Phil Chung, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Swee Han Lim, Mathew Huei-Ming Ma, Tzong-Luen Wang, Francis Lavapie, Sopon Krisanarungson, Hiroshi Nonogi, and Sung Oh Hwang.
• Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• Resuscitation. 2016 Aug 1; 105: 145-8.

AbstractThis paper introduces adult basic life support (BLS) guidelines for lay rescuers of the resuscitation council of Asia (RCA) developed for the first time. The RCA BLS guidelines for lay rescuers have been established by expert consensus among BLS Guidelines Taskforce of the RCA on the basis of the 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. The RCA recommends compression-only CPR for lay rescuers and emphasizes high-quality CPR with chest compression depth of approximately 5cm and chest compression rate of 100-120min(-1). Role of emergency medical dispatchers in helping lay rescuers recognize cardiac arrest and perform CPR is also emphasized. The RCA guidelines will contribute to help Asian countries establish and implement their own CPR guidelines in the context of their domestic circumstances.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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