DOI 10.1186/s13613-015-0064-x REVIEW Breakthrough in cardiac arrest: reports from the 4th Paris International Conference

Jean-Luc Diehl The French Intensive Care Society organized on 5th and 6th June 2014 its 4th “Paris International Con‑ ference in Intensive Care”, whose principle is to bring together the best international experts on a hot topic in critical care medicine. The 2014 theme was “Breakthrough in cardiac arrest”, with many high‑quality updates on epidemiol‑ ogy, public health data, pre‑hospital and in‑ICU cares. The present review includes short summaries of the major presentations, classified into six main chapters: • Epidemiology of CA • Pre‑hospital management • Post‑resuscitation management: targeted temperature management • Post‑resuscitation management: optimizing organ perfusion and metabolic parameters • Neurological assessment of brain damages • Public healthcar