The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) has awarded out vice-chair of the board, Jerry Nolan with the honorary title of "Giant of Resuscitation".

“As a medical student in 1982, while undertaking an elective at a community hospital in Newfoundland, Canada, I had the opportunity to become proficient in intubation. Subsequently, in the UK, as a ‘House Officer’ (intern) on the cardiac arrest team I would invariably adopt the role of airway man. At that stage in my career I had no specific interest in either anesthesia or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. My motivation in anesthesia evolved over the next 3 years as I became increasingly interested in the ‘life- and-death’ interventions performed by anasthetists (emergency medicine was only a fledging specialty in the UK in those days). In 1986, I attended a tutorial on CPR at the University of Bristol. It was the most entertaining and compelling tutorial I had ever attended and was delivered by a man with a sharp and lively sense of humor–that man was Peter Baskett (honored as a Resuscitation Giant in 2005). At that time, Peter was one of the international leaders in resuscitation and was a highly influential mentor to me and several of my colleagues. Thanks largely to him, I have had the opportunity to be involved in many facets of resuscitation: as an instructor and developer of resuscitation courses; as a frontline clinician
undertaking resuscitation, mainly in hospital but also prehospital at sporting events; as a guideline writer and editor; and as a scientist undertaking clinical research. As a ‘Jack of all trades,’ I have been lucky enough to work with friends and colleagues from many medical disciplines throughout the world. Together we have assimilated the science and, through the development of guidelines and training materials, have translated it into clinical practice for the benefit of patients.”

Jerry Nolan, MD, FRCA, FFICM, FRCP, FCEM (Hon), has been a Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, since 1994 and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath since 1996 and Bristol since 2012. Throughout his career, he has made, and continues to make, significant contributions to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Nolan’s contributions to resuscitation and emergency care are well recognized in the United Kingdom, on both local and national levels, and worldwide on the international level.

Nolan has been a member of the Board of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the ERC in leadership positions since 1995. He has been the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Resuscitation since 2008. During his leadership, the impact factor has been rising and the journal is ranked second in the field of Emergency Medicine.

Nolan has been a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) since 2001, co-chaired ILCOR from 2001 to 2011 and was co-editor for the ILCOR CoSTR in 2005 and 2010. He has been the lead author for the ERC guidelines during the same time period. As an elected Council Member of Royal College of Anaesthetists and President of the Society of Intensive Care of the West of England he is contributing in spreading the knowledge of CPR widely in UK.

Nolan is an excellent lecturer who continues to be in great demand: He has delivered invited lectures in CPR not only on local and national levels, but also all over the world. He still has a major clinical commitment and regularly undertakes duties at his hospital in Bath. Nolan has made CPR and ECC prominent aspects of his career and has received national and international recognition for his contributions.

He has been giving several honorary lectures and is an Honorary Life Member of Resuscitation Council UK and ERC. He has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of both Royal College of Physicians and College of Emergency Medicine in UK.

Despite his substantial administrative and clinical commitments, Nolan continues to contribute to the science of resuscitation with regular publications in this field. Jerry has published more than 200 papers and over 50 book chapters. He has been on the editorial board of 16 books; the majority are in the field of resuscitation and trauma care. He has been on the editorial board of many leading journals for many years.

Nolan has prominent roles in both the ERC and ILCOR, and in this capacity he has made, and continues to make, substantial contributions to ECC programs around the world. He is a warm and wonderful person and has the capacity to motivate and support his fellow colleagues.