S A C Richardson, D Anderson, A J C Burrell, T Byrne, J Coull, A Diehl, D Gantner, K Hoffman, A Hooper, S Hopkins, J Ihle, P Joyce, M Le Guen, E Mahony, S McGloughlin, Z Nehme, C P Nickson, P Nixon, J Orosz, B Riley, J Sheldrake, D Stub, M Thornton, A Udy, V Pellegrino, S Bernard
INTRODUCTION: Survival from refractory out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without timely return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) utilising conventional advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) therapies is dismal. CHEER3 was a safety and feasibility study of pre-hospital deployed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for refractory OHCA in metropolitan Australia. METHODS: This was a single jurisdiction, single-arm feasibility study...
December 13, 2023: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine