International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)

What International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) does

ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation) is a Belgium-registered international non-profit organization (ivzw, company number 889.837.517) founded in 1992 to serve as the global consensus body for resuscitation science. It convenes seven constituent councils (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, Resuscitation Council of Asia, Indian Resuscitation Council Federation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa) alongside the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent as a collaborating organization, with additional supporting organizations such as the Arab Resuscitation Council and Sri Lanka Resuscitation Council. Its core function is to produce the Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTRs) through six task forces covering Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, Pediatric Life Support, Neonatal Life Support, First Aid, and Education, Implementation and Teams.

ILCOR's core products are scientific rather than technological: the CoSTR platform (costr.ilcor.org), which operationalizes a continuous evidence evaluation process using systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and GRADE methodology; the Utstein reporting templates for cardiac arrest data; the annual CoSTR summary publication in Circulation and Resuscitation; and the World Restart A Heart (WRAH) global awareness campaign held annually on October 16. It also maintains the ILCOR Giants recognition program and supports travel grants for next-generation researchers. In 2025 it established an Artificial Intelligence Working Group to guide responsible AI integration into resuscitation science.

ILCOR does not sell products or services commercially. It is funded through member council contributions and grants (notably from the Laerdal Foundation, which supports initiatives such as the TRANSCEND consortium and the 10 Steps to Improve In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest scientific statement). All CoSTRs, science reviews, guidelines, and educational resources are distributed at no cost via ilcor.org, costr.ilcor.org, peer-reviewed journals, and through member councils that adapt ILCOR consensus into national and regional guidelines. The organization operates with a small permanent staff of 16.

Name

International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)

Legal name

ILCOR ivzw

Website

https://ilcor.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ILCOR is a Belgium-registered international non-profit founded in 1992 that convenes the world's major resuscitation councils to produce evidence-based consensus guidelines (CoSTRs) and the World Restart A Heart public CPR awareness campaign, serving clinicians, healthcare systems, and the general public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerp (Wilrijk)

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ILCOR is an international non-profit organization that develops and disseminates scientific consensus on resuscitation through its Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTRs). It coordinates continuous evidence evaluation across six task forces (Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, Pediatric Life Support, Neonatal Life Support, First Aid, and Education Implementation and Teams) and produces globally harmonized resuscitation guidelines, systematic reviews, and standardized reporting frameworks such as the Utstein templates.

Product overview

ILCOR operates as a guidelines and evidence synthesis organization rather than a product company. Its portfolio centers on the CoSTR (Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations) platform, which provides continuous evidence evaluation through systematic reviews and treatment recommendations for resuscitation science. Supporting initiatives include the World Restart A Heart (WRAH) global awareness campaign, the ILCOR Giants recognition program, and standardized Utstein reporting templates for cardiac arrest data. ILCOR does not develop or sell commercial software products or medical devices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• World Restart A Heart: A global initiative to increase awareness about the importance of bystander CPR and to increase bystander CPR rates worldwide, with the official day of action on October 16 each year.
• CoSTR

Products and services

• CoSTR (Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations)
• World Restart A Heart (WRAH)
• Science Reviews
• Utstein Templates

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 200,000 additional lives saved per year through increased bystander CPR
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• European Resuscitation Council (ERC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council that develops European resuscitation guidelines based on ILCOR CoSTRs. Hosts ILCOR Annual Meetings (Rotterdam 2025). ERC develops and delivers ALS courses training over 7000 candidates annually in Australia alone.
• American Heart Association (AHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council and primary scientific publishing partner. AHA publishes ILCOR CoSTRs in Circulation journal. AHA provides administrative hosting support and evidence evaluation expertise.
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council contributing to international consensus on resuscitation science and developing Canadian resuscitation guidelines.
• Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council representing Australia and New Zealand. Oversees ANZCOR Guidelines for Resuscitation and First Aid and manages ALS course delivery across Australia.
• Resuscitation Council of AsiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council representing Asia. Hosted ILCOR Annual Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan (October 2024). Develops Asian resuscitation guidelines based on ILCOR consensus science.
• Indian Resuscitation Council FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council representing India and contributing to global resuscitation science consensus and guidelines development.
• Resuscitation Council of Southern AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR constituent council representing Southern Africa and contributing to international resuscitation guideline development.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerILCOR collaborating organization. IFRC is a key partner for World Restart A Heart initiative and brings global first aid expertise to ILCOR's work on resuscitation in low-resource settings.
• Arab Resuscitation Council (ArRC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting organization of ILCOR, contributing to resuscitation science and training in the Arab region.
• Sri Lanka Resuscitation CouncilsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed under Other Resuscitation Councils affiliated with ILCOR, contributing to regional resuscitation efforts in Sri Lanka.
• Global First Aid Reference Centre Platform (IFRC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting organization linked to IFRC, providing first aid expertise and resources for ILCOR's global resuscitation initiatives.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization: UN agency producing global health guidelines with international scope and member-state adoption. Comparable to ILCOR as a global consensus and guideline body, though WHO's mandate and funding model (member state contributions) are substantially broader.
• American Heart Association: ILCOR's largest constituent council; AHA develops US resuscitation guidelines from ILCOR CoSTRs and publishes them in Circulation. Operates the dominant commercial resuscitation training network globally, making it the closest large-scale organizational peer — broader mandate (cardiovascular + resuscitation) but overlapping governance and evidence-evaluation function.
• European Resuscitation Council: ILCOR constituent council that produces European resuscitation guidelines from CoSTRs, hosts ILCOR annual meetings, and operates ALS training across Europe. Directly comparable as a regional consensus body with the same evidence-to-guideline translation model as ILCOR.

Others

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): UK national clinical guidelines developer using evidence-based methodology to produce treatment recommendations. Comparable to ILCOR in evidence-to-guideline translation process, though NICE operates across all clinical conditions at a national level.
• Laerdal Foundation: Long-term financial supporter of ILCOR since the organization's early years, funding the TRANSCEND research consortium and the '10 Steps to Improve In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest' statement. Comparable as a non-profit foundation operating in the resuscitation research funding space adjacent to ILCOR's evidence-evaluation function.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): ILCOR's collaborating organization and key World Restart A Heart partner, bringing first aid and low-resource setting expertise. Comparable as an international non-profit with first-aid training infrastructure that overlaps with ILCOR's bystander CPR mission.
• Cochrane: International non-profit producing systematic reviews of healthcare evidence using similar methodology (GRADE-adjacent, structured evidence appraisal) to ILCOR's CoSTR process. Comparable as a non-profit evidence-synthesis organization, though Cochrane operates across all of medicine rather than specializing in resuscitation.

Regional players

• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: ILCOR constituent council developing Canadian resuscitation guidelines from CoSTRs. Directly comparable as a national/regional consensus body, but operating only within Canada versus ILCOR's international scope.
• Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR): ILCOR constituent council managing ANZCOR Guidelines and ALS course delivery across Australia and New Zealand, with 100% population OHCA registry coverage. Comparable regional consensus body with the added distinction of a national cardiac arrest registry — ILCOR has no equivalent.
• Resuscitation Council of Asia: ILCOR constituent council representing Asian region and hosting ILCOR Annual Meeting in Taipei 2024. Directly comparable as a regional resuscitation consensus body translating ILCOR CoSTRs into regional guidelines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Ilcor_org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=X7l9cwLX6Ec
• Facebookfacebook.com/ILCOResus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ilcor-resus
• Instagraminstagram.com/worldrestartaheart

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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