Supplement to

Circulation Volume 132 ◼ Number 18 ◼ Supplement 2

November 3, 2015

Editorial Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S313

2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary

Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Part 1: Executive Summary: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Robert W. Neumar, Chair; Michael Shuster; Clifton W. Callaway; Lana M. Gent; Dianne L. Atkins;
Farhan Bhanji; Steven C. Brooks; Allan R. de Caen; Michael W. Donnino; Jose Maria E. Ferrer;
Monica E. Kleinman; Steven L. Kronick; Eric J. Lavonas; Mark S. Link; Mary E. Mancini;
Laurie J. Morrison; Robert E. O’Connor; Ricardo A. Samson; Steven M. Schexnayder;
Eunice M. Singletary; Elizabeth H. Sinz; Andrew H. Travers; Myra H. Wyckoff; Mary Fran Hazinski . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S315
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Part 2: Evidence Evaluation and Management of Conflicts of Interest: 2015 American Heart Association
Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Laurie J. Morrison, Chair; Lana M. Gent; Eddy Lang; Mark E. Nunnally; Melissa J. Parker;
Clifton W. Callaway; Vinay M. Nadkarni; Antonio R. Fernandez; John E. Billi;
Jonathan R. Egan; Russell E. Griffin; Michael Shuster; Mary Fran Hazinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S368
Part 3: Ethical Issues: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Mary E. Mancini, Chair; Douglas S. Diekema; Theresa A. Hoadley; Kelly D. Kadlec;
Marygrace H. Leveille; Jane E. McGowan; Michele M. Munkwitz; Ashish R. Panchal;
Michael R. Sayre; Elizabeth H. Sinz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S383
Part 4: Systems of Care and Continuous Quality Improvement: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines
Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Steven L. Kronick, Chair; Michael C. Kurz; Steve Lin; Dana P. Edelson; Robert A. Berg;
John E. Billi; Jose G. Cabanas; David C. Cone; Deborah B. Diercks; James (Jim) Foster;
Reylon A. Meeks; Andrew H. Travers; Michelle Welsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S397
Part 5: Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: 2015 American Heart
Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Monica E. Kleinman, Chair; Erin E. Brennan; Zachary D. Goldberger; Robert A. Swor;
Mark Terry; Bentley J. Bobrow; Raúl J. Gazmuri; Andrew H. Travers; Thomas Rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S414
Part 6: Alternative Techniques and Ancillary Devices for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: 2015 American
Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Steven C. Brooks, Chair; Monique L. Anderson; Eric Bruder; Mohamud R. Daya; Alan Gaffney;
Charles W. Otto; Adam J. Singer; Ravi R. Thiagarajan; Andrew H. Travers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S436
Part 7: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Mark S. Link, Chair; Lauren C. Berkow; Peter J. Kudenchuk; Henry R. Halperin; Erik P. Hess;
Vivek K. Moitra; Robert W. Neumar; Brian J. O’Neil; James H. Paxton; Scott M. Silvers;
Roger D. White; Demetris Yannopoulos; Michael W. Donnino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S444

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 Part 8: Post–Cardiac Arrest Care: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Clifton W. Callaway, Chair; Michael W. Donnino; Ericka L. Fink; Romergryko G. Geocadin;
Eyal Golan; Karl B. Kern; Marion Leary; William J. Meurer; Mary Ann Peberdy;
Trevonne M. Thompson; Janice L. Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S465
Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndromes: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Robert E. O’Connor, Chair; Abdulaziz S. Al Ali; William J. Brady; Chris A. Ghaemmaghami;
Venu Menon; Michelle Welsford; Michael Shuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S483
Part 10: Special Circumstances of Resuscitation: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines
Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Eric J. Lavonas, Chair; Ian R. Drennan; Andrea Gabrielli; Alan C. Heffner;
Christopher O. Hoyte; Aaron M. Orkin; Kelly N. Sawyer; Michael W. Donnino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S501
Part 11: Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: 2015 American Heart
Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Dianne L. Atkins, Chair; Stuart Berger; Jonathan P. Duff; John C. Gonzales; Elizabeth A. Hunt;
Benny L. Joyner; Peter A. Meaney; Dana E. Niles; Ricardo A. Samson; Stephen M. Schexnayder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S519
Part 12: Pediatric Advanced Life Support: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
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Allan R. de Caen, Chair; Marc D. Berg; Leon Chameides; Cheryl K. Gooden;

Robert W. Hickey; Halden F. Scott; Robert M. Sutton; Janice A. Tijssen; Alexis Topjian;
Élise W. van der Jagt; Stephen M. Schexnayder; Ricardo A. Samson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S526
Part 13: Neonatal Resuscitation: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Myra H. Wyckoff, Chair; Khalid Aziz; Marilyn B. Escobedo; Vishal S. Kapadia;
John Kattwinkel; Jeffrey M. Perlman; Wendy M. Simon; Gary M. Weiner; Jeanette G. Zaichkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S543
Part 14: Education: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Farhan Bhanji, Chair; Aaron J. Donoghue; Margaret S. Wolff; Gustavo E. Flores;
Louis P. Halamek; Jeffrey M. Berman; Elizabeth H. Sinz; Adam Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S561

2015 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines

Update for First Aid
Part 15: First Aid: 2015 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines Update for First Aid
Eunice M. Singletary, Chair; Nathan P. Charlton; Jonathan L. Epstein; Jeffrey D. Ferguson;
Jan L. Jensen; Andrew I. MacPherson; Jeffrey L. Pellegrino; William “Will” R. Smith;
Janel M. Swain; Luis F. Lojero-Wheatley; David A. Zideman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   S 574
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