Interpretation of European Resuscitation Council guidelines 2025 Ethics in Resuscitation
Li Shu
Ma Qingbian
Abstract：In October 2025,the European Resuscitation Council published the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025.The Ethics in Resuscitation section covered advance care planning,termination of resuscitation,organ donation,bystander,family involvement,suicide,education,research ethics.Major changes in the 2025 guidelines included dynamic advance care planning with patient-centered education,bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation bias reduction through cultural/gender training and mental health support,team-based termination of resuscitation decisions for locally validated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with mandatory debriefing,organ donation policy evaluation ensuring termination of resuscitation and transparent procedures,integration of ethical conflict analysis in resuscitation education,individualized approaches for suicide-related arrests with immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiation,standardized termination of resuscitation application for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in resource-limited settings,expanded deferred consent with autonomy safeguards and public education.This article provides an interpretation of the guidelines for reference purposes.
Keywords：Advance care planningTermination of resuscitationOrgan donationBystanderFamily presenseSuicideEducationResearch ethics
Publication Date：2025-12-10
Online Publishing Date：2026-01-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1103-1108 )