Out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support for cardiac arrest-A case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.022.
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Abstract
We report the use of out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in cardiac arrest. We treated a 9-year-old girl with cardiac arrest after warm-water drowning with percutaneous venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) using a new portable Mini-ECMO system. A beating-heart circulation was reestablished on ECMO, but, unfortunately, our patient did not survive. This case shows that Mini-ECMO support can be used to restore an effective circulation and gas exchange in the out-of-hospital setting.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Drowning
- Emergency Medical Services
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest