Allan de Caen is a Pediatric Intensivist/ Clinical Professor at Stollery Children’s Hospital/ University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. His research/ clinical interests include Resuscitation, and Critical Care Transport Medicine. He has held leadership positions within the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), the American Heart Association and Heart and Stroke Canada. He has been a writing group member/ chair for Resuscitation guidelines from these organizations since 2005, and a member of the AHA PALS course design team since 2006.