New Zealand Resuscitation Council

New Zealand Resuscitation Council Setting the standard for resuscitation and first aid in New Zealand.

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We want to say a big thank you to everyone who made NZ Resus 2026 and our 30th anniversary such a success. To our speake...
18/05/2026

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who made NZ Resus 2026 and our 30th anniversary such a success.

To our speakers, our sponsors Laerdal and RAPP, our trade exhibitors, our scientific committee, office team, and of course, our 400 delegates, thank you for being a part of NZ Resus 2026.

A special thank you to cardiac arrest survivor Corporal Atelea Mapapalangi for sharing his story with us and setting a positive direction for the meeting.

See you all at NZ Resus 2028!

We'd like to say congratulations to the recipients of Best in Session, for the abstracts and posters presented at NZ Res...
18/05/2026

We'd like to say congratulations to the recipients of Best in Session, for the abstracts and posters presented at NZ Resus 2026. The research shared this weekend was of exceptional quality, thank you to everyone involved.

Best in Free Paper Session A: Stephen Ball – Improving the Chain of Survival: Findings from Western Australia on Call Taker Recognition of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Best in Free Paper Session B: Amrita Saha – Socioeconomic Status and Survival of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Australia: A Report from the Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC)

Best in Free Paper Session C: Daniel Okyere – Fatigue, Anxiety and Depression among 12-Month Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Population Based Cohort Study

Best of the Best Abstract Session: Amy Knight – Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Ethnicity in Aotearoa

Best Poster Presentation, Marj Devereux: Can 10 Minutes Make a Difference? Evaluating CPR Lab – A Community Based CPR Education Model in Victoria, Australia

Last night at our 30th anniversary dinner at the Cardboard Cathedral, we had the pleasure of announcing the Wellington H...
15/05/2026

Last night at our 30th anniversary dinner at the Cardboard Cathedral, we had the pleasure of announcing the Wellington Hospital Newborn Life Support Advanced Instructor team as the recipients of the 2026 Duncan Galletly Award for Excellence in Education, for their dedication to delivering excellent resuscitation training for newborn life support.

Congratulations to the the team!

Thank you to everyone who took part in the first day of NZ Resus 2026! Here are some highlights from the day. Tonight we...
15/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in the first day of NZ Resus 2026! Here are some highlights from the day.

Tonight we have He Po Whakangahau - A night of entertainment at the Cardboard Cathedral, celebrating our 30th anniversary.

We have more exciting things lined up for tomorrow and are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Pre-orders are now open for our new CORE textbooks: Resuscitation: A Guide for Advanced Responders (Second Edition) and ...
14/05/2026

Pre-orders are now open for our new CORE textbooks: Resuscitation: A Guide for Advanced Responders (Second Edition) and Resuscitation: A Guide for Health Professionals (Second Edition).

You can pre-order the books from our online shop for a special discounted rate.

Pre‑orders are open for a one month period, from Friday 15 May until Friday 12 June.

What’s new
- Updated content aligned with the most recent ANZCOR Adult Advanced Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines
- Clearer learner explanations and improved layouts
- The new CORE Resources will become the compulsory pre-reading materials from 1 September 2026.

Pre-order the books from our online shop here: https://lnkd.in/e4T4BMpB

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Associate Professor Ziad Nehme ASH. Associate Pro...
29/04/2026

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤
Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Associate Professor Ziad Nehme ASH.

Associate Professor Ziad Nehme is an Ambulance Victoria paramedic and a Heart Foundation and National Health and Medical Research Council Fellow with expertise in prehospital emergency care and resuscitation research.

Ziad is also a Scientific Advisory Task Force Member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), an Executive member of the Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC) and Ambulance Victoria's Strategic Lead for Cardiac Arrest Improvement. Ziad is an Associate Editor for the Prehospital Emergency Care journal and an editorial board member of the journal Resuscitation Plus.

He will speaking on “Manual pressure augmentation for defibrillation in cardiac arrest”.

Join us at NZ Resus 2026 – Register here! https://confer.co.nz/resus2026/registration/

🗓️ Date: 15–16 May
📍Location: Te Pae, Ōtautahi Christchurch

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Professor Charles Deakin.Prof. Charles Deakin (UK...
27/04/2026

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤

Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Professor Charles Deakin.

Prof. Charles Deakin (UK) is Divisional Medical Director for South Central Ambulance Service and a consultant in cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care at University Hospital Southampton.

Charles is a lead author for paramedic (JRCALC), RCUK and European ALS resuscitation guidelines and is a member of the ILCOR advanced life support working group. He was formerly the ILCOR domain lead for defibrillation and was also a Principal Investigator for the PARAMEDIC-2 adrenaline study.

Charles will be speaking on "Optimising defibrillation success: Pad position, energy levels, or dual sequential?" and "End of the road for adrenaline?"

Join us at NZ Resus 2026 – Register here! https://confer.co.nz/resus2026/registration/

🗓️ Date: 15–16 May
📍Location: Te Pae, Ōtautahi Christchurch

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Professor Janet Bray.Janet Bray is a Professor an...
26/04/2026

🎤 Speaker Announcement 🎤

Announcing our next speaker for NZ Resus 2026, Professor Janet Bray.

Janet Bray is a Professor and Heart Foundation Fellow at Monash University. She leads a resuscitation research program as Director of the Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC) Centre of Research Excellence, and is Chair of the Basic Life Support Taskforce for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and an Executive Member of the Australian Resuscitation Council.

Janet will be speaking on "Prevention starts with education" and also giving an update on the Basic Life Support ANZCOR Guidelines.

Join us at NZ Resus 2026 – Register here! https://confer.co.nz/resus2026/registration/

🗓️ Date: 15–16 May
📍Location: Te Pae, Ōtautahi Christchurch

We've just made an exciting update to the ANZCOR website, improving the search function so it's easier to find what you'...
23/04/2026

We've just made an exciting update to the ANZCOR website, improving the search function so it's easier to find what you're looking for. ⁠
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Check it out by visiting the link: anzcor.org/ 🔎

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