Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Richard E. Kerber, MD, Chair Joseph P. Ornato, MD, Vice Chair Donald D. Brown, MD Leon Chameides, MD Nisha Chibber Chandra, MD Richard O. Cummins, MD, MPH Mary Fran Hazinski, MSN, RN Richard J. Melker, MD, PhD W. Douglas Weaver, MD Organizations Endorsing the 1992 ECC Guidelines American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Emergency Physicians American Red Cross European Resuscitation Council Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Consultants/Contributors Norman S. Abramson, MD Harold P. Adams, Jr, MD Richard V. Aghababian, MD Ramiro Albarran-Sotelo, MD Joseph S. Alpert, MD James A. Atkins, MD Thomas P. Aufderheide, MD Michael J. Banner, PhD Gad Bar-Joseph, MD Lance Becker, MD John E. Billi, MD Ronald S. Bloom, MD Leo L. Bossaert, MD Thomas Brott, MD Charles G. Brown, MD Donald D. Brown, MD David J. Burchfield, MD Frederick M. Burkle, MD Douglas Chamberlain,