BACK TO LIFE

Resuscitation Is a Team Effort

Every year, millions of people fight for their lives due to sudden cardiac arrest, severe trauma, shock, and other critical illnesses. Today, we know that successful resuscitation is not the achievement of a single intervention, a single technology, or a single specialty. It is the result of a seamless chain of care—from the scene of the event to the intensive care unit—supported by scientific evidence, multidisciplinary teamwork, and the right decisions made at the right time.

BACK TO LIFE was established with this vision as an international, multidisciplinary scientific platform.

Our mission is to bring together professionals from emergency medicine, intensive care, anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, prehospital emergency medical services, ECMO, ECPR, perfusion, nursing, and critical care to explore every component of modern resuscitation within a collaborative scientific environment.

BACK TO LIFE aims not only to disseminate current knowledge but also to serve as an international platform where innovative ideas emerge, interdisciplinary collaboration flourishes, and the future of resuscitation systems is shaped.

Because bringing life back is more than restoring a heartbeat.

Our ultimate goal is to return patients to life with meaningful neurological recovery, preserve their quality of life, and achieve these outcomes through sustainable healthcare systems.

For this reason, BACK TO LIFE has been designed with a comprehensive approach encompassing the entire Chain of Survival—from the first emergency call and on-scene management to prehospital care, emergency department resuscitation, ECPR and ECMO applications, intensive care, neurological recovery, and rehabilitation.

We warmly invite you to join us at the intersection of science, technology, education, and multidisciplinary collaboration, and to become part of this shared journey.

Because bringing life back is only possible—together.

BACK TO LIFE 2026

From the First Emergency Call to Meaningful Neurological Recovery…

Prof. Ali Kocailik, MD
Assoc. Prof. Yunus Emre Özlüer, MD