Perfect teamwork (pre/in-hospital resuscitation) could resuscitate life from cardiac arrest. High performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation (HPCPR) and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), both established by closed teamwork, were recently demonstrated to shorten interruptive time of chest compressions and reduce the postcardiac arrest syndrome, respectively. Furthermore, some leading councils (i.e. the American Heart Association (AHA) and European resuscitation council (ERC)) pointed out the importance of group monitoring in performing resuscitation and emphasized the quality of postcardiac arrest care.

The AHA revised the golden guidelines for cardiac arrest resuscitation and postcardiac arrest care on January 2, 2018. Furthermore, several recent publications have discussed how to increase the quality and outcome of postcardiac arrest care including the strategic application of ECPR and hypothermia in treating pediatric or traumatic patients. The updated knowledge globally guides the treatment strategies of critical and emergency care. New focused categories, related to postcardiac arrest care, cardiac arrest or shock management, and cardiovascular emergency intervention, are interesting for scientific researchers. All new guidelines and knowledge can be further clinically applied or even challenged by researchers in the future.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to provide an opportunity to widely introduce related research. We welcome original research as well as review articles focused on the field of emergency and critical care concerning resuscitation for cardiac arrest and postcardiac arrest care.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Pre/in-hospital high performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation (HPCPR)
• Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)
• Applications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), hypothermia therapy, and postcardiac arrest care
• Pediatric critical care in cardiac arrest or postcardiac arrest care
• Traumatic cardiac arrest and major trauma
• Infections and toxicology in cardiovascular emergencies
• Molecular, cell, and animal studies associated with critical care or emergency medicine in cardiac arrest or postcardiac arrest care