Michels, Guido
Wengenmayer, Tobias
Hagl, Christian
Dohmen, Christian
Böttiger, Bernd W.
Bauersachs, Johann
Markewitz, Andreas
Bauer, Adrian
Gräsner, Jan-Thorsten
Pfister, Roman
Ghanem, Alexander
Busch, Hans-Jörg
Kreimeier, Uwe
Beckmann, Andreas
Fischer, Matthias
Kill, Clemens
Janssens, Uwe
Kluge, Stefan
Born, Frank
Hoffmeister, Hans Martin
Preusch, Michael
Boeken, Udo
Riessen, Reimer
Thiele, Holger
Article History
Received: 18 July 2018
Accepted: 30 August 2018
First Online: 4 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Michels G is a member of the scientific advisory board of the German Society of Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internistische Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, DGIIN), commissionery leader of the working group of “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation” of the German Society for Cardiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie, DGK) and member of the working group “ECMO / eCPR” of the German Resuscitation Council (GRC) and received lecture fees from Pfizer, Novartis, Servier, ZOLL and Orion Pharma. Bauersachs J is the leader of the DFG-funded Clinical Research Group (KFO) 311 “(Pre) terminal heart and lung failure: Relief and Repair” and received lecture fees and research support from Abiomed and ZOLL. Böttiger BW is European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Board Director Science and Research, chairman of the German Resuscitation Council (GRC), member of the “Advanced Cardiac Life Support” (ALS) Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), member of the presidium of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin, DIVI), associated editor of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA), co-editor of the journal Resuscitation, editor of the journal Notfall + Rettungsmedizin. For lectures he has received fees from the following companies: Medupdate, Forum for Medical Education (FoMF), Baxalta, Bayer Vita, ZOLL, BARD. Ghanem A has received lecture fees from Getinge. Markewitz A received a lecture fee from TÜV Süd, München. Gräsner JT is the leader of the scientific working group “emergency medicine” of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, DGAI), speaker of the organizing committee of the “German Reanimation Registry”, Chair of the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest, member of the executive committee of the German Council for Resuscitation (GRC), member of the presidium of the professional association of german anaesthesiologists. Kreimeier U is leader of the working group “Advanced Life Support” at the German Resuscitation Council (GRC). Wengenmayer T, Hagl C, Dohmen C, Bauer A, Pfister R, Busch HJ, Beckmann A, Fischer M, Kill C, Janssens U, Kluge S, Born F, Hoffmeister HM, Preusch M, Boeken U, Riessen R and Thiele H declare, that there is no conflict of interest with respect to the subject publication.