In this issue of Currents you will find information about and insight into the 2nd annual CPR & AED awarness week, lastest resuscitation research, CPR Anytime program and more.

In this issue find five stories of successful bystander response to cardiovascular emergencies as well as summaries of recent literature on post-resuscitation care, skills renewal, therapeutic hypothermia, and dispatch instructions for infant CPR.

Life is full of questions. The science and practice of saving lives prompts its full share as well. Your Fall issue of Currents offers some answers.

Progress in ease of training: information for instructors on how that American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Hands-Only_™ CPR affects the classes you teach.

Read about four different lives that were saved because of good CPR instructors in the Spring issue of Currents.

This special edition of Currents presents the new material most relevant to instructors, compares it with the former guidelines, and gives you the scientific reasoning behind the change in compact and reader-friendly form.

The updated AED law includes specifics about AED's needing to be available for indoor and outdoor activities. This will mostly effect outdoor activities at schools and park districts.