2018 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 1-7
Consensus on Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations 2015（CoSTR 2015） by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), a GRADE system-based comprehensive review of the evidence on reanimatology, was published on 15 October, 2015. At the same time, Japan Resuscitation Council (JRC) published an online version of the JRC resuscitation guidelines 2015 which were based on the CoSTR 2015. The JRC guidelines 2015 continue to place a high value on uninterrupted chest compressions initiated immediately after cardiac arrest. In the guidelines 2015, some recommendations on BLS, including recognition of cardiac arrest, rate and depth of chest compressions, acceptable duration of chest compression interruption, and conditions to start rescue breathing, have been modified. Some unresolved issues, including how to tell lay rescuers the best hand position for chest compressions, and the timing of check for a pulse, still remain to be addressed.
