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Wait…ECPR works?
To the believers, this has been a foregone conclusion. To the rest of the world, the question of whether ECPR improves cardiac arrest survivorship has been in question. Jan Belohlavek and his Prague colleagues just presented their 8 year data showing better outcomes in cardiac arrest patients that got a grouped therapy of early transport, prehospital targeted temperature management, mechanical chest compressions, and ECMO over those who got a traditional resuscitation. This study is key and contrasts to the Oslo study that we reviewed just a few months earlier. Jan speaks with Zack about the details of the results and what were the keys to their success.
Hyperinvasive trial study proposal – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492121/
ecome a potential better anticoagulant. Troy Seelhammer in EDECMO episode 55 gave us some insight into this. This month Ryan Rivosecchi and his crew at UPitt have released their findings in Critical Care Medicine. This retrospective study suggests great improvement in major bleeding in patients who received Bivalirudin compare to Heparin (40.7% vs 11.7%, p < 0.001). Listen to Ryan and Zack discuss anticoagulant use in ECMO patients in this month’s episode.
In this episode, we dive into the abyss of resource allocation. Much of the world is saying that the limited number of ECMO circuits should be used for COVID induced lung injury. This means that ECPR initiatives have been shut down or severely limited. Is this the right thing to do? What does the data say? What strategy gives the most benefit to the most people? Make sure to get 
This month we tackle a number of topics. Garrett Sterling is back again with Zack to talk about cutting edge resuscitation, ECMO, and the interplay between the two. Dual sequential defibrillation, CT after ECMO initiation, should you perform bystander CPR in the era of Covid, some US ECMO data, and an awesome 3D modeling for ECPR training models. All in one 30 minute podcast!
