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 →

EDECMO 35 – REBOA REVISITED!

REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) is used to gain proximal control over non-compressible hemorrhage below the diaphragm. The concept has been covered extensively in social media. Weingart did a wonderful job describing REBOA using the 12F Chek-Flo and CODA … Continue reading →

EDECMO 34 – The Day After REANIMATE – with Dr. Sean Deitch

In this episode, Joe talks with Dr. Sean Deitch, a non-academic Emergency Physician practicing in San Diego, California. Dr. Deitch attended REANIMATE 3 - which just finished 2 weeks ago...and has an amazing story to tell. You'll have to listen to the episode... REANIMATE 4 is September … Continue reading →

EDECMO 33a – “Bringing Down the House” by Zack Shinar (from RESUSfest 2016)

In this episode of the EDECMO podcast, Zack describes how to use the concept of 'TEAM PLAY", much like the gang from the classic novel "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich, to optimize outcomes after cardiac arrest....with, or without, ECPR. Zack's tips for running a code: Proper, … Continue reading →