Guidelines for Use of Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ Emergency Cardiac Care
General Guidelines
The Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ grants permission to use algorithms, tables and illustrations from current ECC materials according to the fee schedule noted in the table below. The Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ no longer grants permission to use older black-and-white line drawing illustrations.
International Requests
Requests to translate CPR/ECC materials from outside the United States may take an additional 30 business days to process. Since copyright laws differ by country, it may be cost prohibitive for the Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ to grant such requests.
Algorithms/Tables Fee Schedule
The table below outlines the fee schedule for use of algorithms and/or tables.
Number of algorithms, or tables |
Fee Schedule for in educational, nonprofit materials |
Fee Schedule for publishers |
Algorithms 1-3 (25%) |
$100 per algorithm + processing fee |
$400 per algorithm + processing fee |
Algorithms 4-8 (75%) |
$200 per algorithm + processing fee |
$600 per algorithm + processing fee |
Algorithms over 8: | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. |
Tables 1-3 |
$100 per table + processing fee |
$400 per table + processing fee |
Tables 4-8 |
$200 per table + processing fee |
$600 per table + processing fee |
Tables over 8 | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. | Considered a directly competing product. Permission not granted. |
Due to intellectual property considerations, permission cannot be granted for:
- Use of more than 8 algorithms
- Use of more than 8 tables
Copyright Pages
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright Permission Guidelines
- Copyright Request
- Guidelines for Use of Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ Materials in Electronic Format
- Guidelines for Use of Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ Emergency Cardiac Care
- Guidelines for the Use of Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ, ASA and/or Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ/ACC Guidelines/Scientific Statements Article Material
- Guidelines for Use of Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ Recipes
- Guidelines for Requests to Translate Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ Materials