title: The "Italian Registry of Cardiac Arrest - RIAC", a National achievement to portrait the Italian reality and to contribute to the wider European vision by "EuReCa".
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy. Electronic address: gristag@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ristagno
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Semeraro
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Radeschi
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Service, Santa Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pellis
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Service, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gordini
authors.affiliation: Assessorato per la Salute Pubblica, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.affiliation: Italian Resuscitation Council, Bologna, Italy; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Erga
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerchiari
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*