ANZCOR Guidelines
The ANZCOR (Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation) guidelines provide those involved in resuscitation education and practice with recommendations based on scientific evidence.
Please note: Guidelines may be modified at any time and are only current from the day of printing.
ANZCOR Guideline Development
ANZCOR is the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, of which the Australian Resuscitation Council and New Zealand Resuscitation Council are its members. Through ANZCOR, Australian and New Zealand interests are represented on the International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation (ILCOR).
ANZCOR guidelines replace earlier New Zealand Resuscitation Council guidelines and are endorsed by both Councils. ANZCOR guidelines are informed by peer-reviewed international evidence. No matter who you are as a rescuer – bystander, first aider, first responder or health professionals – ANZCOR guidelines facilitate a standard approach to resuscitation best practice in Australia and New Zealand.
Algorithms and flowcharts
Basic Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Advanced Life Support for Adults
Last Updated January 2016
Advanced Life Support for Infants and Children
Last Updated January 2016
Newborn Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Anaphylaxis
Last Updated January 2019
Choking
Last Updated January 2016
Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis - Large Version
Last Updated January 2019
Supplementary document to Anaphylaxis Flowchart: Dosage of IM Adrenaline for Anaphylaxis - Small Version
Last Updated January 2019
Section 1 | About the Council
Sections 2-8 | Basic Life Support
Guideline 2 - Managing an Emergency
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 3 - Recognition and First Aid Management of the Unconscious Person
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 4 - Airway
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 5 - Breathing
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 6 - Compressions
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 7 - Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 8 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Last Updated April 2021
Basic Life Support Summary of Changes April 2021
Last Updated April 2021
Basic Life Support (All Guidelines
Last Updated April 2022
Section 9 | First Aid and Specific Emergencies
Guideline 9.1.1 - First Aid Management of Bleeding
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.1.3 - First Aid Management of Burns
Last Updated March 2023
Guideline 9.1.4 - First Aid Management of a Head Injury
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 9.1.5 - First Aid Management of Harness Suspension Trauma
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.1.6 - First Aid Management of Suspected Spinal Injury
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 9.1.7 - First Aid Management of a Crushed Victim
Last Updated November 2019
Guideline 9.2.1 - First Aid Management of a Heart Attack
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.2.2 - First Aid Management of a Stroke
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.2.3 - First Aid Management of Shock
Last Updated November 2019
Guideline 9.2.4 - First Aid Management of a Seizure
Last Updated November 2014
Guideline 9.2.5 - First Aid Management of Asthma
Last Updated November 2016
Guideline 9.2.7 - First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis
Last Updated August 2016
Guideline 9.2.9 - First Aid Management of a Diabetic Emergency
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.2.10 - The Use of Oxygen in Emergencies
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.2.11 - First Aid Management of the Agitated Person
Last Updated November 2020
Guideline 9.2.12 - Recognition and First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill Person including Sepsis
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.3.2 - Resuscitation in Drowning
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 9.3.3 - First Aid Management of Hypothermia and Cold-Related Injuries
Last Updated August 2021
Guideline 9.3.4 - First Aid Management of Heat-Induced Illness (Hyperthermia)
Last Updated September 2020
Guideline 9.3.5 - Resuscitation of Divers who have used Compressed Gas
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.4.1 - First Aid Management of an Australian Snake Bite
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.4.2 - First Aid Management of a Spider Bite
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.4.3 - First Aid Management of Envenomation from Tick Bites and Bee, Wasp and Ant Stings
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 9.5.1 - First Aid Management of Poisoning
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 9.5.2 - First Aid Management of Opioid Overdose
Last Updated April 2021
First Aid Summary of Changes April 2021
Last Updated April 2021
First Aid and Specific Emergencies (all Guidelines)
Last Updated April 2022
ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.8 – First Aid Management of Rapid Breathing (including Panic Attack)
Last Updated March 2023
ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.13 – First Aid Recognition and Management of Presyncope
Last Updated March 2023
Section 10 | Education and Implementation
Guideline 10.1 - Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
Last Updated March 2013
Guideline 10.2 - Advanced Life Support Training
Last Updated March 2020
Guideline 10.3 - Cross Infection Risks and Manikin Disinfection
Last Updated December 2010
Guideline 10.5 - Legal and Ethical Issues related to Resuscitation
Last Updated November 2015
Guideline 10.6 - Family Presence during Resuscitation
Last Updated August 2016
Resources for Guideline 10.2: Pre Course Learning Worksheet
Last Updated November 2017
Resources for Guideline 10.2: Simulation Worksheet
Last Updated November 2017
Resources for Guideline 10.2: Feedback Worksheet
Last Updated November 2017
All Education and Implementation Guidelines August 2016
Last Updated August 2016
Section 11 | Adult Advanced Life Support
Guideline 11.1 - Introduction to Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.2 - Protocols for Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated June 2017
Guideline 11.3 - Precordial Thump and Fist Pacing
Last Updated July 2011
Guideline 11.4 - Electrical Therapy for Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.5 - Medications in Adult Cardiac Arrest
Last Updated August 2016
Guideline 11.6 - Equipment and Techniques in Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.6.1 - Targeted Oxygen Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.7 - Post-Resuscitation Therapy in Adult Advanced Life Support
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.8 - Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 11.10 - Resuscitation in Special Circumstances
Last Updated November 2011
Guideline 11.10.1 - Management of Cardiac Arrest due to Trauma
Last Updated April 2016
Adult Advanced Life Support (All Guidelines)
Last Updated April 2016
Section 12 | Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Guideline 12.1 - Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS)
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 12.2 - Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 12.3 - Management of other (non-arrrest) arrhythmias in infants and children
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 12.4 - Paediatric Resuscitation in Special Circumstances
Last Updated November 2021
Guideline 12.5 - Management after Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
Last Updated November 2021
ANZCOR PLS Guidelines Summary of Changes November 2021
Last Updated November 2021
Paediatric Advanced Life Support (All Guidelines)
Last Updated April 2022
Section 13 | Neonatal Resuscitation
Guideline 13.1 - Introduction to Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.2 - Planning for Neonatal Resuscitation and Identification of the Newborn at Risk
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.3 - Assessment of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.4 - Airway Management and Mask Ventilation of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.5 - Tracheal Intubation and Ventilation of the Newly Born Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.6 - Chest Compressions during Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.7 - Medications or Fluids for the Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.8 - The Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant in Special Circumstances
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.9 - After the Resuscitation of a Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline 13.10 - Ethical Issues in Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant
Last Updated April 2021
Guideline - Physiology of Birth Asphyxia
Last Updated October 2014
Neonatal Life Support Summary of Changes April 2021
Last Updated April 2021
Neonatal Resuscitation (All Guidelines)
Last Updated April 2022
Section 14 | Acute Coronary Syndromes
Guideline 14 - Acute Coronary Syndromes
Last Updated February 2011
Guideline 14.1 - Acute Coronary Syndromes: Presentation with ACS
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 14.1.2 - The use of a Gastro Intestinal Cocktail for the Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Adult Emergency Patients presenting with Chest Pain
Last Updated February 2015
Guideline 14.2 - Acute Coronary Syndromes: Initial Medical Therapy
Last Updated January 2016
Guideline 14.3 - Acute Coronary Syndromes: Reperfusion Strategy
Last Updated January 2016
All Acute Coronary Syndromes Guidelines as of January 2016
Last Updated January 2016