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Basic Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment
Resuscitation
|October 21, 2025
Summary
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation updated guidelines for basic life support. This review covers recent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) evidence and provides treatment recommendations.
Area of Science:
- Emergency Medicine
- Cardiology
- Resuscitation Science
Background:
- The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) regularly reviews cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) science.
- Comprehensive reviews are published every five years.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present the 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations for Basic Life Support.
- To address resuscitation evidence reviewed by the Basic Life Support Task Force since 2020.
Main Methods:
- Systematic reviews of peer-reviewed published cardiopulmonary resuscitation science.
- Evidence assessment using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria.
- Deliberation and debate by Basic Life Support Task Force members.
Main Results:
- Key topics reviewed include chest compression-only CPR, initiation of CPR, compression-ventilation ratios, cycle durations, hand positioning, head-up CPR, ventilation feedback devices, and defibrillator pad placement.
- Consensus treatment recommendations were formulated based on the evidence quality.
- Priority knowledge gaps for future research were identified.
Conclusions:
- The 2025 ILCOR Consensus provides updated evidence-based treatment recommendations for basic life support.
- The review highlights areas for continued research in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- These recommendations aim to improve resuscitation outcomes globally.
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