1st semester

2026

Paris Expo

Porte de Versailles, France

FRENCH COUNCIL FOR CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION (cfrc)

first semester 2026

REGISTRATIONS FOR 2026 EDITION WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 2025!

The CFRC (French Council for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) chose Secours Expo 2026 to organise its annual congress.


The CFRC is a member of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and its objective is to raise awareness among the general public and the rescue professionals of the importance of first aid in case of cardiac arrest and to train first aiders and caregivers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

 

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS CONGRESS
2024 program

day one: wednesday january 31, 2024

Session 1 (9:30am-10:45am)
Introduction on the evolution of the CFRC
Evolution of the methodology of international recommendations
What system of care is needed to save the victims from cardiac arrest: on the phone, in the field, in the hospital?
Telephone response and cardiac arrest: what’s at stake? What are the advantages?
 
Session 2 (10.45 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Resuscitation by the public: apps first in line 
Will the new defibrillators be intelligent? Defibrillation like no other in France too?
 
WORKSHOP 1 – Physicians
Improving the prognosis of stroke: the role of ECMO in 2024 
The place of ECMO in the healthcare system 
RCP, ECMO and Scoop and run ECMO and organ donation: the kidney works! 
Pre-hospital ECMO: the French experience 
Technical reminder: who, how, with what equipment, what training? 
Presentation of equipment and clinical cases
 
WORKSHOP 2 – Nurses and paramedics
Oxygen therapy: techniques, equipment, organization
External cardiac massage
How to optimize the external cardiac massage: what’s new in 2024! 
Mechanical cardiac massage: techniques, equipment, organization

day two: thursday february 1, 2024

Session 3 (9:30-10:45 a.m.)
Cardiac arrest drugs: “the return” of calcium? Lidocaine?
Adrenalin is still there…
Post-traumatic cardiac arrest: a more aggressive resuscitation?
 
Session 4 (10h45-12h)
Stopping resuscitation in the field: French specificities
Assessing neurological prognosis: why, when and how?
Post-cardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia: an increasingly hot topic

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REGISTRATIONS FOR 2026 EDITION WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 2025!