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The European Resuscitation Council was founded in 1989 to provide the standard for resuscitation guidelines and training in Europe and beyond.

In 2017 the Young ERC was founded as a branch of the ERC to strengthen the voice of trainees and those new to the world of resuscitation. Since this time the Young ERC has grown and expanded its role within the ERC on a yearly basis.

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An energetic group of young resuscitation enthusiasts ready to shake up the world of cardiac arrest

And you can join us!

ERC Congresses

Since 2019, members of the Young ERC have played an active role in the annual ERC congress, with roles on the panel for each of the major sessions and a dedicated session to exhibit the achievements of the Young ERC over the previous year. You can watch some of the clips from previous congresses here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ercEuroResusCouncil.

Webinars

Over the last year the Young ERC has started running regular webinars on resuscitation topics, which are free to attend and aim to encourage an interest in resuscitation in trainees and in a range of healthcare professionals. These webinars are run in conjunction with the European Resuscitation Council and feature some of the leading experts in resuscitation related fields from around the globe.

Diversity

The Young ERC are also passionate supporters of diversity and recognise that there has been a lack of diversity in ethnicity, gender and age in STEM subjects throughout history. With committee members with a variety of cultural backgrounds, ages and sexualities, we are aiming to ensure that the future of resuscitation science looks as diverse as the world around us!

Collaboration

We intend to achieve our aims by engaging with other groups aimed at those up & coming in their careers, and together creating captivating educational events, which will encourage those from all backgrounds into the world of resuscitation.

Restart A Heart Day

On World Restart A Heart Day (16th October) the Young ERC every year runs events aiming to increase BLS knowledge across the community. 

Blog

In 2021 the Young ERC have set up a blog. This contains information on the day to day lives of resuscitationist and summaries of recent research and conferences!

#ResusciTuesdays

On our twitter account we have a long-running series of educational threads under the hashtag #ResusciTuesdays. Follow us on twitter to see more!

Research Community

Through our LinkedIn page we have launched a research community to encourage those new to research to seek support and find their way into exciting new projects and opportunities.

Plans for the future

Webinars

We are planning to run webinars both independently and alongside other groups on a monthly basis.
Future Ideas Include
Maternal Cardiac Arrest
Neonatal Resuscitation
Imaging in Prognostication

Intro to Research

We have plans to run a series of educational activities based around key knowledge in research.
Topics in the series include:
Creating research questions
Grant Applications
Critical Appraisal

Careers Advice

We are planning to run a series looking at how cardiac arrest can be incorporated into a range of careers.
Topics will include:
Cardiac Arrest and Research
Cardiac Arrest in Paeds
Education in Cardiac Arrest

Survivorship

We want to help teach people about the complex issues faced by the cardiac arrest survivors post-discharge.
Topics Include:
Symptoms of Survival
Impact on Families
Post-Cardiac Arrest Clinics

Past Events

We held a webinar on all things ECPR and ECMO in cardiac arrest. This went down really well with the audience and the live stream of the session is still available on our facebook page!

ECPR Webinar
27/4/2021

At the 2021 ERC Congress we held a competition on ideas for the future of resuscitation. These were presented in a congress session with prizes for the winners. We are planning to hold similar competitions at future congresses so if you want to get involved, sign up to the newsletter or follow us on social media.

Future Innovation in Resuscitation Science and Technology Competutuib
25/3/2021

Alongside the ERC we ran a webinar looking at strategies for optimising reach and education for World Restart A Heart Day 2021.

World Restart A Heart Day Webinar
8/9/2021

Newsletters

The Young ERC Produce monthly newsletters to keep our members up to date on our latest activities and significant developments in the resuscitation world!

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Meet the Team

Jess Rogers

Chair
Emergency Medicine registrar in London. Interested in trauma and pre-hospital care, working in motorsports and with a masters degree in trauma science. Passionate about layperson CPR and FOAMed. Trustee for the charity HeartBeatzUK.When not at work, is mostly found scuba diving or hiking! Jess will continue to be chair for another year and is looking forward to expanding the work of the YERC even further. Twitter: @Dr_JRogers

Anna Bichmann

Vice-Chair
5th year resident in anaesthesiology and perioperative Intensive Care at Charité Universitatsmedizin Berlin, IlCOR Representative within the anesthesiology department. Prehospital EM Doctor. AHA Instructor for BLS, ACLS, PALS. Human Factors instructor. Completed the Seattle Resuscitation Academy Fellowship in 2018,a PHEM Cardiac Arrest Fellowship in Maryland, US in 2018 and a Singapore PHEM Fellowship in 2020.KATRetter community first responder in Berlin. Faculty member of the Young GRC. EMAS UK - Duke NUS Singapore OHCAO Registry research collaborator.Twitter: @ABichmann

Maria Georgiou

Secretary
Senior resident in Anaesthesia in Nicosia General Hospital in Cyprus interested in resuscitation and education. ALS Instructor and course director. Board member of the Cyprus Resuscitation Council.Twitter: @MariaGeorgiou91
Natasa Spartinou
Social Media Rep
Anaesthesiologist and Emergency Medicine trainee in the University Hospital of Heraklion - Greece. Interested in resuscitation, airway management and trauma. Passionate about medical education/simulation and FOAMed.Currently writing a thesis on medical education and scientifically supporting the foundation of a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) system in Heraklion. Eagerly awaiting to meet new people that share the same ideas! Twitter: @NatasaSpr
Ahmed Elshaer
Social Media Rep
Emergency Medicine resident from Egypt. Passionate about resuscitation and emergency response and honoured to be one of the social media representatives. Our strategy will focus on you, thus over the coming months, your social media will be flooded with interesting information and tips for better resuscitation so brace yourselves and stay tuned! Twitter: @ElshaerAh
Michael Smith
External Affairs Rep
Junior doctor working in Brighton, UK. Interests include anaesthetics, trauma and PHEM with a passion for community intervention in cardiac arrest and the psychological impact this can have on survivors and rescuers. He will be coordinating the efforts of the Young ERC to collaborate with other groups for trainees across Europe.Twitter: @Michael_T_Smith
Kaushila Thilakasiri
BLS Rep
Emergency Medicine Senior Registrar in Colombo.Interested in pre-hospital care and medical education. Volunteers as the Director Training and Development of St John Ambulance in Sri Lanka since 2016. Passionate about developing training and research on OHCA globally. Twitter: @kaushila87
Jacqueline Eleonora EK
ALS Rep
Emergency Medicine Trainee in Malta with a special interest in Resuscitation, Education and Migrant Health.Advanced Life Support instructor with Malta Resuscitation Council. Part time Medical Aid with Red Cross working to improve pathways between communitycare and the emergency department to facilitate healthcare access for refugees & asylum seekers. Twitter: @JeleonoraEk
Kasper Lauridsen.
NLS Rep
Simulation research fellow at the Children's Hospital Philadelphia, just completed his PhD thesis on cardiac arrest teams. Involved in ERC and ILCOR. Passionate about resuscitation especially education for laypersons and clinical trials of advanced life support. Twitter: @g_lauridsen
Franziska Markel
PLS Rep
A paediatrician from Leipzig is currently on a year out in Canada. In Leipzig, she was responsible for the paediatric in-house-resuscitation training. She worked in paediatric cardiology and has an interest in paediatric resuscitations and education, working on establishing a registry for in-hospital paediatric cardiac arrest with heart disease to examine the subjective confidence of residents dealing with ward based emergencies in this patient population in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Twitter: @FranziskaMarkel
Sabine Nabecker
Education Rep
Clinical fellow in anaesthesia/paediatric critical care medicine, Toronto, Canada. PhD student in medical education, University of Bern, Switzerland.Instructor/instructor trainer with ERC. ERC ResearchNET member. Interests include cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, first responder systems and education for acute care medicine. Twitter: @sabinenabecker
Vlasios Karageorgos
Education Rep
Senior Resident and PhD candidate in clinical Anaesthetics, University of Crete, Greece.Researcher in stress pharmacology and vasoactive molecules. Post-graduate training in Prehospital Emergency Medicine. Actively involved in ERC courses and Medical Simulation teams. Clinical interests are resuscitation, trauma care and cardiac anaesthesia.
Sebastian Schnaubelt
Research Rep
Emergency department physician currently undertaking a PhD in clinical research on cardiopulmonary disease.Interests include CPR and prognostication, public access defibrillation, atrial fibrillation in the ED and medical education.
Enrico Baldi
Research Rep
A Cardiologist – EP specialist at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia (Italy) and a PhD Candidate at University of Pavia with a project on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Interested in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for more than 10 years and has worked on several research projects on this important topic.Twitter: @Enricobaldi88
Cristina Jorge-Soto
Young Investigator Rep
Nurse, assistant professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela and researcher of CLINURSID research group. Her research focuses on training the whole population in basic life support,especially schoolchildren and teachers. She is also concerned with designing training as inclusive as possible for disabled people. 'Achieving my goals and overcoming limits'. Twitter: @cris_jsoto
Bernhard Kowalski
Young Investigator Rep
Junior doctor in basic training with Paramedic background in Graz. Special interest in non-technical skills. Just started an Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine MSc as well as a Doctoral Program of Medical Science. Passionate about CPR training. Works at the Medical Simulation Center at the University Hospital of Graz.
Johannes Wittig
Student Rep
Final year student at the Medical University of Graz with a background in EMS and medical education.Interests include student-led initiatives, PHEM and resuscitation science. Strongly intrigued by intra-arrest ventilation knowledge gaps. Still trying to become a decent skier.Twitter: @johannes_wittig