Recommendations of the resuscitation Council of Serbia for the implementation of resuscitation measures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a virus where we have lack of knowledge about. This new situation led to the need to provide high-quality resuscitation to all patients with COVID-19 infection, but also with highest-quality and most appropriate personal protection for all medical professionals with the risk from the infection. Within our program activities, the Serbian Resuscitation Council, as lead professional organization, made efforts focused in creating and implementing recommendations related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) under the COVID-19 pandemic. These recommendations are applicable for treatments and procedures during CPR, ethical issues, and CPR training conduction at COVID-19 pandemic, in collaboration with the European Resuscitation Council and other partner organizations, which are part of the network of national councils for resuscitation medicine in Europe. In the forthcoming period of time, these recommendations might be a subject of modification to be inline with more deeper and wider knowledge, based on scientific researches, about the SARS-COV-2, and it will be reviewed and updated on regular base.