EDECMO 40: EROCA – The trial that asks “Should ER Docs Initiate ECPR?”

EROCA - University of Michigan - Gunnerson/Shinar Should Emergency Physicians initiate ECMO on arresting patients? That is the question that Kyle Gunnerson from the University of Michigan (UMich) is asking with their new trial - EROCA. UMich has had a robust ECMO program … Continue reading →

EDECMO 39: Who Do We Put On ECMO? – New Data on Prognostics

In this episode Zack interviews the first authors of the three biggest papers this year dealing with the question of “Who should I put on ECMO?” Guillaume Debaty of Grenoble, France published a paper outlining what prognostic factors are important. Guillaume's data shows importance of … Continue reading →

EDECMO 38 – ECMO and Trauma – with Pal Ager-Wick and Magnus Larsson

ECMO in trauma This episode is all about ECMO in trauma - not the usual ARDS, TRALI VV-ECMO - we’re talking about VA ECMO for the acutely dying trauma patient. Zack interviews Pål Ager-Wick from Tromso Norway, and Magnus Larsson from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. We talk about … Continue reading →

EDECMO 37 – Nate’s Story

Jake is an Emergency Physician from Santa Cruz California whose interest in resuscitation was put to the fullest test when his own son had a cardiac arrest. This is the amazing retelling of that day in November when what Jake learned in an EDECMO workshop was utilized in a dramatic fashion. This is … Continue reading →

EDECMO 36 – Crushing the Nihilism of Cardiac Arrest – with Demetris Yannopoulos

...all acute injury to the heart is reversible. In this podcast episode, Zack interviews Demetris Yannopoulos from the University of Minnesota. Demetris has organized Minneapolis into arguably the most impressive ECPR city in the world. He has changed the mindset of out of hospital … Continue reading →