The London Cardiac Arrest Symposium - Tuesday 8th December 2026

This symposium, Chaired by Professor Jerry Nolan, Past ERC Chair and Editor in Chief of Resuscitation, gathers international experts and provides comprehensive coverage of topical and controversial areas related to cardiac arrest. It will be of interest to a broad range of clinicians who know the basics but want highlevel knowledge and interaction with experts who are at the cutting edge of current practice and research.

View the LCAS Programme below:

09.00 - 09.10 – Introduction

09.10 - 09.35 – Advanced life support update   - Dr Jasmeet Soar

• Q1: What are the current key controversies? 
• Q2: What changed in the new ERC guidelines?
• Q3: What are the practical implications?

09.35 - 10.00 – Ultrasound in cardiac arrest   -  Dr Jim Connolly (Newcastle, UK)

• Q1: Does it live up to to the hype?
• Q2: Problems and promises
• Q3: Why are we so slow to progress?

10.00 - 10.25 – Physiology-guided ALS   -  Professor Jerry Nolan (Bath, UK)

• Q1: What is physiology-guided CPR?
• Q2: What are the optimal targets?
• Q3: How to deliver CPR in highly monitored environments?

10.25 - 11.00 – Theuputic aortic catheterization during cardiac arrest   -  Professor Jim Manning (USA)

• Q1: Why insert an aortic catheter during CPR?
• Q2: How to adjust CPR?
• Q3: What is the optimal dose and route for adrenaline?

11.00 - 11.25 – Coffee Break

11.25 - 11.50 – Paediatric resuscitation update   -  Professor Patrick Van de Voorde (Ghent, Belgium)

• Q1: What's new?
• Q2: What's obvious?
• Q3: Why does (and should) it differ from adults?

11.50 - 12.20 – Prolonged resuscitation - not always futile   -  Dr Andre Roslin (Oslo, Norway)

• Pushing the boundaries: When the system beats the odds

12.30 - 13.00 – Peter Baskett Lecture: Ventilation during CPR - Professor Theresa Olasveengen (Oslo, Norway)

13.00 - 14.00 – Lunch Break

14.00 - 14.25 – European Guidelines on ECPR   -  Dr Nicholas Barrett (London, UK)

• Q1: Which patients should be considered for ECPR?
• Q2: Should we start ECPR prehospital?
• Q3: How do we wean from ECPR?

14.25 - 14.50 – Temperature control during ECPR   -  Professor Alice Hutin (Paris, France)

• Q1: Should patients be cooled during ECPR
• Q2: What is the optimal target temperature?
• Q3: What is the strategy for rewarming

14.50 - 15.15 – Does REBOA have arole outside of trauma?   -  Zaf Qasim (Pennsylvania, USA)

• Q1: What uses are described?
• Q2: Are there any benefits in medical cardiac arrest?
• Q3: What are the outcomes after use of REBOA for cardiac arrest?

15.15 - 15.45 – Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.10 – Prognostication after cardiac arrest   -  Professor Marion Moseby-Knappe (Lund, Sweden)

• Q1: Should we use biomarkers?
• Q2: Is there a role for continuous EEG?
• Q3: What is the value in prognosticating a good outcome?

16.10 - 16.35 – Survivorship   -  Professor Tom Keeble (Anglia Ruskin, UK)

• Q1: What are the long-term outcomes after cardiac arrest?
• Q2: What form should rehabilitation take?

16.35 - 17.00 – The effect of CPR on co-survivors   -  Anna Øvstebø (Stavanger, Norway)

• xQ1: What do we know about effects on bystanders?
• Q2: What research has been completed?
• Q3: How might this benefit future resuscitation?

17.00 - 17.30 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – a vision for the future   -  Professor Lance Becker (New York, USA) - Speaking Online from New York