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A serious emergency comes upon you suddenly.
When it happens, you must take decisive, effective action
immediately, to minimize harmperhaps even to save a life.
It is essential that you prepare for the emergency in advance.
Materials must be in place and ready to use. You and your
people must already know what to do.
What do you need when
that moment comes?
How can you be confident
that the emergency training
you and your employees
received is scientifically and
medically reliable?
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The American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council
Depth and Breadth
The American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council is a large panel of nationally recognized experts drawn
from a wide variety of scientific, medical, and academic disciplines. The Council provides the Red Cross with
authoritative guidance on first aid, CPR, emergency treatments, rescue practices, emergency preparedness,
aquatics, disaster health, nursing, education, and training.
This expert guidance ensures that Red Cross practices and
recommendations align with the latest evidence-based
knowledge in science and medicine.
How the Council Works for You
Council members continuously monitor their fields of expertise for important developments in emergency
science. Council action can also begin elsewhere, with a
new technology or product entering the field, or with an inquiry from a local Red Cross chapter about how best to
handle a particular kind of emergency.
You can be confident that the emergency training, recommendations, and guidance you get from the Red
Cross are founded on solid, evidence-based science and
medical knowledge.
A Comprehensive Foundation of Scientific and Medical Expertise
The Scientific Advisory Councils diversity of professional specialties gives it an
important and unique attribute: a broad, multidisciplinary foundation to ensure a
thorough evaluation of new emergency response methods and techniques.
The members of the Council are organized into the following five subcouncils,
based on their individual areas of specialization:
AquaticsThe Aquatics Subcouncil
reviews ways to keep people
safe around water, including
lifeguarding techniques; swimming instruction;
causes, recognition, and prevention of water
emergencies; rescue, resuscitation,
and transport.
CPR The CPR Subcouncil studies cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
(CPR), choking, and general resuscitation. The Subcouncil also studies
defibrillation and the optimized use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).
First AidThe First Aid Subcouncils range of study is quite broad,
including the care of victims
in every scale of emergency, from caring
for oneself to care rendered by professional
emergency responders or by laypersons
providing care on the roadside, in the
wilderness, in a shelter: everything up to the
care provided at a hospital.
Nursing and Caregiving The Nursing and Caregiving
Subcouncils focus is on the knowledge and skills necessary
to ensure health and safety when providing
person-centered, culturally sensitive, evidence-
based care to others.
Preparedness and Disaster HealthThe Preparedness and Disaster Health Subcouncil looks for
the best ways to prepare for emergencies of
every kind, from those that occur in the home
to regional disasters, including how to train
people to be more resilient after hardship, and
how to keep communities whole and businesses
operating. The Subcouncil also addresses how
to provide acute and chronic medical and
mental care under disaster conditions, for
disaster victims and for the emergency staff
caring for them.
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A Vast Resource of Real-World Experience
Learning What Really Works Best, from the Ground UpThe American Red Cross has been helping people
prevent, prepare for, and handle emergencies for more
than 125 years.
Each year we respond to more than 70,000 disasters and emergencies nationwide, ranging from single-family
home and apartment fi res to workplace accidents, from hazardous materials spills to hurricanes and other natural
disasters affecting millions of people.
We have developed an invaluable body of solid, practical
experience. The sort of experience you and your
organization can truly depend on in an emergency.
The Red Cross fi eld organization allows the Scientifi c Advisory Council to quickly augment its scientifi c and medical expertise with actual data from the fi eld.
Many Council members themselves work in the fi eld with the Red Cross and other organizations, gathering
fi rst-hand knowledge of what works best under actual emergency conditions.
Making Sure It WorksThe Council monitors the effectiveness of all its
recommended emergency techniques after they are issued
to the fi eld. This includes scrutiny of program feedback from local chapters and on-going, pro-active reviews.
In addition, every new recommendation is reviewed
and updated three years after being issued, and all
recommendations are reviewed in the light of new
research every fi ve years.
Emergencies Dont Happen Under Laboratory Conditions
Emergencies dont fall neatly within a single
scientifi c or medical discipline.
Consider the Scientifi c Advisory Councils guidance
for handling a drowning emergency. It includes
how best to recognize and approach a potential
victim (Aquatics Subcouncil), how to resuscitate
the victim (CPR Subcouncil), and how to handle
and transport the victim (First Aid Subcouncil).
The Councils multidisciplinary approach delivers
the full range of what you need in a real emergency:
leading-edge, evidence-based scientifi c expertise,
plus the crucial know-how of generations of true,
hands-on fi eld experience.
This multidisciplinary approach is important.
Simply put, Red Cross training means better
outcomes for you and your people out here in the
real world where real emergencies happen.
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A Wealth of Scientific Expertise and Practical Experience, Working for You
You Can Trust the American Red Cross
No one wants an emergency. No one wants to
experience a disaster. But we know this: such
unwelcome events will happen.
Thats why it is so important to be ready, to prepare in advance, in case an emergency should happen to
your organization.
The Red Cross can help you make your organization
ready, with a full complement of materials and
training based on solid, evidence-based research.
Materials and training guided by the deep scientific expertise and broad experience of the American Red
Cross Scientific Advisory Council.
Using the extensive field
experience of the Red Cross,
the Scientific Advisory Council
translates the latest advances
in scientific and medical
knowledge into clear and
easy-to-remember life-saving
procedures, designed to be
followed even in the stress of
an emergency.
David Markenson, MD, FAAP, EMT-P
Chair, Member, Selection Committee
Linda Quan, MD
Vice Chair
Aquatics Subcouncil Peter G. Wernicki, MD, Sub-Council Chair Peter Chambers, PhD, DO Roy Fielding, MS, LGIT, WSIT Stephen J. Langendorfer, PhD Teresa (Terri) Lees, MS William Dominic Ramos Louise Kublick
CPR Subcouncil Richard N. Bradley, MD, Sub-Council Chair Siobn Kennedy, MA, ACP, CQIA Stamatios Lerakis, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACC, FASE,
FASNC, FCCP Michael G. Millin, MD, MPH, FACEP Ira Nemeth, MD Joseph W. Rossano, MD Joan Elizabeth Shook, MD, FAAP, FACEP Wendell E. Jones, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP
First Aid Subcouncil Andrew MacPherson, MD, Sub-Council Chair Kris Arnold, MD David Berry, PhD, ATC Jeffrey H. Fox, PhD RADM Robin M. Ikeda, MD, MPH, USPHS Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP Edward J. McManus, MD Member,
Selection Committee
First Aid Subcouncil (continued) Jeffrey L. Pellegrino, PhD, WEMT-B/FF S. Robert Seitz, MEd, RN, NREMT-P Nici Singletary, MD, FACEP Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN Sarita A. Chung, MD
Nursing and Caregiving Subcouncil Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sub-Council Chair Carolyn Christy Blackstone, MSW, LCSW Barbara J. Burgel, RN, ANP, PhD, FAAN Susan L. Carlson, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC,
GNPBC, FNGNA Marie O. Etienne, DNP, ARNP, PLNC Susan M. Heidrich, PhD, MSN Deanna Colburn Hostler, DPT, PhD (ABD) Carla M. Tozer, MSN, APN/CPN, ACHPH,
ANPBC, GNP-BC Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, FNAP,
FAAN, Member, Selection Committee
Preparedness and Disaster Health Subcouncil James A. Judge II, CEM, Sub-Council Chair,
Selection Committee Chair
Judith Bass, PhD MPH Richard Bissell, PhD, MS, MA Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM,
FAAP, FACEP Steven J. Jensen, PhD Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP John Roderick Lindsay Rebecca S. Noe, MN, MPH, FNP Scott C. Somers, PhD Erika S. Voss, CBCP, MBCI
Members of the Scientific Advisory Council
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The American Red Cross is the nations premier provider of education, training, and products that enable people to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters and other
life-threatening emergencies.
We use classroom training and digital tools such as apps, web-based content, and
downloadable resources to teach emergency skills and give preparedness guidance to
over 15 million people a year.
Choosing a training partner is an important decision, one on which your peoples health and safety and perhaps even their lives could depend.
You can be confi dent that the materials and training provided by
the Red Cross are guided by the Scientifi c Advisory Council. They
are prepared with a solid foundation in evidence-based medical
and scientifi c research and the vast, real-world experience of the
American Red Cross.
A Choice You Can Be Sure Of
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confidenceconfidenceconfidenceconfidenceconfidenceThe American Red Cross Scientifi c Advisory Council is a panel of nationally recognized experts in emergency medicine, sports medicine, emergency
medical services (EMS), emergency preparedness, disaster mobilization, and other public health and safety fi elds. The Council helps assure that Red Cross courses, training materials, and products incorporate the latest scientifi c and technical information.
For more information about how the American Red Cross can assist you in
improving your organizations safety and preparedness program, contact your local Red Cross chapter or visit redcross.org.
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