Building REANIMATE 1: a video montage

While preparing for #REANIMATE16 there were no simulators for ECPR. There were no commercially available models for ECPR cannulation. There was nothing. We had to build it. From scratch. This short video documents the building of #REANIMATE16: the first international endovascular … Continue reading →

EDECMO 27 – A Real-World Case of a Crashing Multi-Drug OD Patient Saved with ED ECMO

Dan McCollum MD Assistant Program Residency Director at Georgia Regents University Augusta, Georgia Academic Medical center, Level 1 Trauma Center: census >90,000/yr "If someone is doing an effective therapy out of the back of a truck successfully, and you can’t make it work in your … Continue reading →

EDECMO 26 – “ECPR is a Step Too Far” – Ho vs. Bellezzo: a SMACCback Chicago Cage Match

CHRIS HO VS JOE BELLEZZO – ECPR IS A STEP TOO FAR ***republished with permission from the SMACC team from: http://www.smacc.net.au/2016/02/chris-ho-vs-joe-bellezzo-ecpr-is-a-step-too-far/ Are you ready for this rumble in the urban jungle?? Chris Ho vs Joe Bellezzo in the no holds barred debate … Continue reading →

#REANIMATE16 would not have been possible without ‘a little help from our friends’ from the Alfred ICU

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REANIMATE 2: September 12 & 13, 2016

REANIMATE 1 is now behind us. And it was a "yoooooooge" success (Reanimators from R1 will get that one!) On February 25 and 26, 2016 physicians, nurses and paramedics from around the globe met at the UCSD Simulation Center/Center for the Future of Surgery and immersed ourselves in the art and … Continue reading →