Resuscitation Council UK’s (RCUK) Guidelines guarantee that health and care professionals across the UK share the same knowledge base surrounding teamwork and practice.
RCUK published updated guidelines in May 2021 which provided information about basic and advanced life support for adults, paediatrics and newborns, as well as information on the use of automated external defibrillators and other topics.
The guidelines will be implemented in NHS Lanarkshire on 2 August. This will be supported by a series of podcasts summarising the guidelines which will be made available in the coming weeks – look out for more information in the Pulse and staff briefing.
To assist staff, updated online learning materials will be made available via learnPro from 2 August.
In the week beginning 2 August, Karen Hainey (University Hospital Hairmyres), Neila Rodriguez (University Hospital Wishaw) and William Lannigan (University Hospital Monklands) will visit their respective acute clinical areas to deliver updated posters and provide further information if staff have any issues they wish to raise.
Karen Hainey, resuscitation officer, University Hospital Hairmyres, said: “I would advise staff to access the RCUK website to update themselves on the new guidelines.
“Staff within community areas will be contacted by their local resuscitation officer or link trainer in due course with updated materials.”
The Resuscitation Council Guidelines (RCUK) 2021 can be accessed via their website at: https://www.resus.org.uk
