Abstract
Basic Life Support (BLS) is a rudimentary reanimation by common citizen. The execution of BLS improves lifesaving rate of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Recently, the importance of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation education came to be pointed out in Japan. In this paper, the transition of the resuscitation technology is described. Next, the current state of the resuscitation is discussed. Finally, problems of resuscitation technology to be solved near future are also discussed.