Successful prehospital ECMO in drowning resuscitation after prolonged submersion
An 18-year-old drowning victim was successfully resuscitated using prehospital veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Despite 24 min of submersion in water with a surface temperature of 15 °C, the patient was cannulated on-scene and transported to a trauma center. After ICU adm...
| Published in: | Resuscitation Plus |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266652042400136X |