Christopher Ortiz

Feb 15, 2025 | jcvaonline.com | Sean Hickey |Perioperative Medicine |Christopher Ortiz |Phoebe Black

Key Words extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation ECPR cardiac arrest emergency medicine critical care resuscitation intensive care shock DESPITE DECADES OF RESEARCH and advances in resuscitation care, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) continues to result in high rates of poor outcomes, including death or devastating neurologic injury.1 Refractory cardiac arrest (sustained or repeated cardiac arrest during advanced cardiac life support [ACLS])...