Recently, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) published a scientific statement—"Ten Steps Toward Improving In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality of Care and Outcomes" simultaneously in the Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and Resuscitation. Prof. Xu Feng from the Emergency Department, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, as the only representative from China, was invited to participate in the drafting, discussion, and completion of the scientific statement. Additionally, he published a case study on the establishment of the cardiac arrest registry in a Chinese hospital on the official website of ILCOR.

In-hospital cardiac arrest is a high-risk event for hospitalized patients of all ages worldwide. Despite progress made in resuscitation efforts, there are still significant gaps in local implementation, including early warning, rapid response team construction, training and education, resource allocation, performance evaluation, and quality improvement. Therefore, a writing group including more than 30 multidisciplinary experts from around the world and an external advisory group reached a consensus on ten key initiatives, through more than 10 online meetings and face-to-face discussions over the course of 10 months. These initiatives are expected to further improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest worldwide, and save more lives.

Prof. Xu Feng participated in the entire writing process of the statement and gave a detailed introduction to the challenges, efforts and achievements in the prevention and treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest in China, which attracted the attention and interest of international experts and provided Chinese experience and insights for the formation of the statement.

Prof. Xu Feng and his colleagues from the Emergency Department of Qilu Hospital have long been dedicated to clinical, basic, and translational research on the prevention and treatment of acute and critical illness such as cardiac arrest. Numerous effective works have been carried out in this direction. Currently, they released China’s first scientific report on the epidemiology and current status of prevention and treatment of cardiac arrest, which aroused wide attention on the prevention and treatment of cardiac arrest. Related research findings have been published in high-quality international journals such as The Lancet Public Health, The Lancet Regional Health, JAMA, JAMA Cardiology, Nature Reviews Cardiology, European Heart Journal, JACC, Advanced Science, Nature Communications, and Resuscitation. Their relevant research work has received support from various government departments such as the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation Committee, the National Health Commission, and the Ministry of Education.

The ILCOR was established in 1992 to provide a platform for collaboration between leading resuscitation organizations worldwide, including the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the Resuscitation Council of Asia (RCA), and others. The vision is to save more lives globally through resuscitation. The mission is to promote, disseminate, and advocate international implementation of evidence-informed resuscitation and first aid, using transparent evaluation and consensus summary of scientific data.