Implementation of a regional extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: results of the prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We implemented a multi-centre extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) program in a regional emergency medical services (EMS) system and assessed the time-to-cannulation, survival, and neurologic outcomes for patients routed by EMS to eCPR-capable centres.

Methods

This was an observational study of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) transported to eCPR-capable centres from July 2020 to September 2024. Patients were routed to an eCPR-capable centre if all applied: age 15-75, refractory/recurrent shockable arrest, a mechanical compression device (MCD) applied, and treatment by a participating EMS unit. Additional patients were routed on clinician judgment. Patients with traumatic arrest, do-not-resuscitate order, known terminal illness, b

SUBMITTER: Bosson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721277 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature