The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) is the Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an Interdisciplinary Council for Resuscitation Medicine and Emergency Medical Care

Emergency medicine

Emergency medicine is a medical specialty in which physicians care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine physicians diagnose a variety of illnesses and undertake acute...

. It was established in 1989.

The ERC's objective is "To preserve human life by making high quality resuscitation available to all".

The ERC is the network of National Resuscitation Councils in Europe.

Chairman of the ERC is Prof. Dr Bernd Böttiger from Cologne, Germany.