Episode 38- ECMO for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is this the future?

12/31/20 • 8 min

This week, we review our medical group's experiences with using ECMO for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Is this the future?
References:
Bartos JA, Frascone RJ, Conterato M, et al. The Minnesota mobile extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation consortium for treatment of out-of-hospital refractory ventricular fibrillation: program description, performance, and outcomes. EClinicalMedicine. 2020; 3 (26)

Yannopoulos D, Bartos J, Raveendran G, et al. Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular fibrillation (ARREST); a phase 2, single centre, open-label, randomized controlled trial. Lancet. 2020; 396 (10265): P1807-1816
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The information contained within the ER-Rx podcast episodes, errxpodcast.com, and the @errxpodcast Instagram page is for informational/ educational purposes only, is not meant to replace professional medical judgement, and does not constitute a provider-patient relationship between you and the authors. Information contained herein may be accidentally inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, and users are to use caution, seek medical advice from a licensed physician, and consult available resources prior to any medical decision making. The contributors of the ER-Rx podcast are not affiliated with, nor do they speak on behalf of, any medical institutions, educational facilities, or other healthcare programs.

12/31/20 • 8 min

ER-Rx: An ER + ICU Podcast - Episode 38- ECMO for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is this the future?

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Episode 38 of ER-Rx. This week, we review a recently-published study entitled “The Minnesota mobile extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation consortium for treatment of out-of-hospital refractory ventricular fibrillation.” This study describes a potentially game-changing intervention for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) using ECMO.
OHCA affects over 350,000 patients every year in the United States, with a survival ra

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