Italian Resuscitation Council (Irc)

italian resuscitation council (irc) is a scientific non-profit organization born in 1994 with the primary purpose of spreading the culture and organization of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in italy. the association involves physicians from different disciplines and nurses actively engaged in the management of out- and in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. the activity of irc is integrated with that of similar italian and foreign associations and in particular with the european resuscitation council. the irc network included 6.000 doctors and nurses, 4.000 basic course instructors and 1.250 advanced course instructors. the irc network included adult and pediatric courses with above 110.000 healthcare professionals trained yearly. irc pursues the following aims: • to disseminate guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) throughout the national territory; • to participate in the process of update of cpr guidelines in all national and international locations; • to promote qua