In 2009, of all the patients treated for acute coronary syndrome, were 26.224 at home in the time of first symptoms manifestation, meaning that an appropriate emergency response to circulatory instability or failure was of a vital importance; furthermore, 7.815 patients were resuscitated by the emergency teams in the pre-hospital settings, majority of them due to cardiac arrest caused by acute cardiovascular disease [2]. We do not have a reliable statistics on in-hospital cardiac arrest incidence, but from the systematic point of view, the importance of high quality resuscitation care is on the same level of priorities; the estimate is that sudden cardiac arrest is present in 1-5 hospital admissions [3].So far, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures both by pre-hospital and in-hospital professionals are performed on the basis of the state-of-the-art recommendations published by the national physicians' societies [4], with adherence to the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), a multidisciplinary scientific institution, playing the key role in setting guidelines and recommendations on emergency care. Nevertheless, there was no formal CPR training available in the Czech Republic recognized in other EU countries.This project proposal suggested to implement structured certified vocational training system of emergency professionals, performed in the EU since 1990s, to the Czech Republic, in order to:1/ ensure higher quality of vital care through professional vocational training innovation and lifelong learning2/ stimulate multinational scientific know-how flow in the field of resuscitation3/ facilitate personal development, employability and participation in the European labour market through recognized uniform European Resuscitation Council certification of skills and knowledge.The applicant was The Czech Resuscitation Council, national partner of the European Resuscitation Council.[1] World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe: European health for all database (HFA-DB), Updated: July 2010.[2] Ministry of Health: Activity of Health Establishments Annual Report, A (MZ) 1-01, 2010.[3] European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010. Resuscitation 1 October 2010 (volume 81 issue 10) [4] Czech Society for Emergency and Disaster Medicine: Resuscitation. State-of-the-art recommendation, 2009.