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Lüsebrink E, Binzenhöfer L, Hering D, Villegas Sierra L, Schrage B, Scherer C, Speidl WS, Uribarri A, Sabate M, Noc M, Sandoval E, Erglis A, Pappalardo F, De Roeck F, Tavazzi G, Riera J, Roncon-Albuquerque R, Meder B, Luedike P, Rassaf T, Hausleiter J, Hagl C, Zimmer S, Westermann D, Combes A, Zeymer U, Massberg S, Schäfer A, Orban M, Thiele H. Scrutinizing the Role of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Has Clinical Practice Outpaced the Evidence? Circulation 2024; 149:1033-1052. [PMID: 38527130 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.067087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
The use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for temporary mechanical circulatory support in various clinical scenarios has been increasing consistently, despite the lack of sufficient evidence regarding its benefit and safety from adequately powered randomized controlled trials. Although the ARREST trial (Advanced Reperfusion Strategies for Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation) and a secondary analysis of the PRAGUE OHCA trial (Prague Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest) provided some evidence in favor of VA-ECMO in the setting of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the INCEPTION trial (Early Initiation of Extracorporeal Life Support in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest) has not found a relevant improvement of short-term mortality with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, the results of the recently published ECLS-SHOCK trial (Extracorporeal Life Support in Cardiogenic Shock) and ECMO-CS trial (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Therapy of Cardiogenic Shock) discourage the routine use of VA-ECMO in patients with infarct-related cardiogenic shock. Ongoing clinical trials (ANCHOR [Assessment of ECMO in Acute Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock, NCT04184635], REVERSE [Impella CP With VA ECMO for Cardiogenic Shock, NCT03431467], UNLOAD ECMO [Left Ventricular Unloading to Improve Outcome in Cardiogenic Shock Patients on VA-ECMO, NCT05577195], PIONEER [Hemodynamic Support With ECMO and IABP in Elective Complex High-risk PCI, NCT04045873]) may clarify the usefulness of VA-ECMO in specific patient subpopulations and the efficacy of combined mechanical circulatory support strategies. Pending further data to refine patient selection and management recommendations for VA-ECMO, it remains uncertain whether the present usage of this device improves outcomes.
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- Enzo Lüsebrink
- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Germany (B.S.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (W.S.S.)
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- Cardiology Department, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. CIBER-CV (A.U.)
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- Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospital Clinic, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Spain (M.S.)
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- Center for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia (M.N.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain (E.S.)
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- Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia (A.E.)
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- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AO SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy (F.P.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium (F.D.R.)
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- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Italy (G.T.)
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- Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, and SODIR, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain (J.R.)
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, São João University Hospital Center, UnIC@RISE and Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Portugal (R.R.-A.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany (B.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen (P.L., T.R.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen (P.L., T.R.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (C.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, Germany (S.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany (D.W.)
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS_1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France, and Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, APHP Sorbonne Université Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France (A.C.)
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- Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen and Institut für Herzinfarktforschung, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany (U.Z.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Germany (A.S.)
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- Department of Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance (E.L., L.B., D.H., L.V.S., C.S., J.H., S.M., M.O.)
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- Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Leipzig Heart Science, Germany (H.T.)
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Kruit N, Rattan N, Tian D, Dieleman S, Burrell A, Dennis M. Prehospital Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 37:748-754. [PMID: 36641307 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the available published evidence of the effects of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in the prehospital setting on clinical outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis designed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews an Meta-Analyses guidelines. SETTING In the prehospital setting. PARTICIPANTS All randomized control trials (RCTs) and observational trials using pre-hospital ECPR in adult patients (>17 years). INTERVENTIONS Prehospital ECPR. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The study authors searched Medline, Embase, and PUBMED for all RCTs and observational trials. The studies were assessed for clinical, methodologic, and statistical heterogeneity. The primary outcome was survival at hospital discharge. The study outcomes were aggregated using random-effects meta-analysis of means or proportions as appropriate. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation methodology was used to assess the quality of evidence. Four studies were included, with a total of 222 patients receiving prehospital ECPR (mean age = 51 years [95% CI 44-57], 81% of patients were male (CI 74-87), and 60% patients had a cardiac cause for their arrest (95% CI 43-76). Overall survival at discharge was 23.4% (95% CI 15.5-33.7; I2 = 62%). The pooled low-flow time was 61.1 minutes (95% CI 45.2-77.0; I2 = 97%). The quality of evidence was assessed to be low, and the overall risk of bias was assessed to be serious, with confounding being the primary source of bias. CONCLUSION No definitive conclusions can be made as to the efficacy of prehospital ECPR in refractory cardiac arrest. Higher quality evidence is required.
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- Natalie Kruit
- Department of Anaesthesia, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Greater Sydney Helicopter Emergency Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Olson T, Anders M, Burgman C, Stephens A, Bastero P. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults and children: A review of literature, published guidelines and pediatric single-center program building experience. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:935424. [PMID: 36479094 PMCID: PMC9720280 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.935424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is an adjunct supportive therapy to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CCPR) employing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in the setting of refractory cardiac arrest. Its use has seen a significant increase in the past decade, providing hope for good functional recovery to patients with cardiac arrest refractory to conventional resuscitation maneuvers. This review paper aims to summarize key findings from the ECPR literature available to date as well as the recommendations for ECPR set forth by leading national and international resuscitation societies. Additionally, we describe the successful pediatric ECPR program at Texas Children's Hospital, highlighting the logistical, technical and educational features of the program.
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- Taylor Olson
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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- ECMO, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
- Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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Beyea MM, Tillmann BW, Iansavichene AE, Randhawa VK, Van Aarsen K, Nagpal AD. Neurologic outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation assisted CPR for resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: A systematic review. Resuscitation 2018; 130:146-158. [PMID: 30017957 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted CPR (ECPR) is an evolving adjunct for resuscitation of OHCA patients. The primary objective of this systematic review was to assess survival-to-hospital discharge with good neurologic recovery after OHCA among patients treated with ECPR compared to conventional CPR (CCPR). METHODS A systematic search of MEDLINE® and EMBASE® electronic databases was performed from inception until July 2016 to identify studies reporting ECPR use in adults with OHCA and survival outcomes. RESULTS Of the 1512 citations identified, 75 studies met our inclusion criteria (63 case series and 12 cohort studies). Among case series, 0 to 71.4% of patients treated with ECPR survived to discharge with a good neurologic outcome. Subgroup analysis of the cohort studies demonstrated survival-to-hospital discharge with good neurologic recovery in the ECPR group ranging from 8.3 to 41.6% compared to 1.5 to 9.1% in the CCPR group. Five cohort studies adjusted for confounders, 3 of which demonstrated significantly increased adjusted odds ratios of survival among the ECPR-treated patients. Due to significant heterogeneity (I2 = 63%, p = 0.03), pooling of outcomes and a meta-analysis were not conducted. CONCLUSION Although a trend towards improved survival with good neurologic outcome was reported in controlled, low-risk of bias cohort studies, a preponderance of low quality evidence may ascribe an optimistic effect size of ECPR on survival among OHCA patients. Our confidence in a clinically relevant difference in outcomes compared to current standards of care for OHCA remains weak. In this state of equipoise, high quality RCT data is urgently needed.
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- Michael M Beyea
- Division of Emergency Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Health Science Library, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Campus, London, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Singer B, Reynolds JC, Lockey DJ, O'Brien B. Pre-hospital extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2018; 26:21. [PMID: 29587810 PMCID: PMC5870373 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-018-0489-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has remained low despite advances in resuscitation science. Hospital-based extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a novel use of an established technology that provides greater blood flow and oxygen delivery during cardiac arrest than closed chest compressions. Hospital-based ECPR is currently offered to selected OHCA patients in specialized centres. The interval between collapse and restoration of circulation is inversely associated with good clinical outcomes after ECPR. Pre-hospital delivery of ECPR concurrent with conventional resuscitation is one approach to shortening this interval and improving outcomes after OHCA. This article examines the background and rationale for pre-hospital ECPR; summarises the findings of a literature search for published evidence; and considers candidate selection, logistics, and complications for this complex intervention.
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- Ben Singer
- St Bartholomew's Hospital and Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. .,The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK. .,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK
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- St Bartholomew's Hospital and Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK.,Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Pre-hospital care is emergency medical care given to patients before arrival in hospital after activation of emergency medical services. It traditionally incorporated a breadth of care from bystander resuscitation to statutory emergency medical services treatment and transfer. New concepts of care including community paramedicine, novel roles such as emergency care practitioners, and physician delivered pre-hospital emergency medicine are re-defining the scope of pre-hospital care. For severely ill or injured patients, acting quickly in the pre-hospital period is crucial with decisions and interventions greatly affecting outcomes. The transfer of skills and procedures from hospital care to pre-hospital medicine enables early advanced care across a range of disciplines. The variety of possible pathologies, challenges of environmental factors, and hazardous situations requires management that is tailored to the patient's clinical need and setting. Pre-hospital clinicians should be generalists with a broad understanding of medical, surgical, and trauma pathologies, who will often work from locally developed standard operating procedures, but who are able to revert to core principles. Pre-hospital emergency medicine consists of not only clinical care, but also logistics, rescue competencies, and scene management skills (especially in major incidents, which have their own set of management principles). Traditionally, research into the hyper-acute phase (the first hour) of disease has been difficult, largely because physicians are rarely present and issues of consent, transport expediency, and resourcing of research. However, the pre-hospital phase is acknowledged as a crucial period, when irreversible pathology and secondary injury to neuronal and cardiac tissue can be prevented. The development of pre-hospital emergency medicine into a sub-specialty in its own right should bring focus to this period of care.
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- Mark H Wilson
- Institute of Pre-Hospital Care, London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK; St Mary's Major Trauma Centre, Imperial College, London, UK.
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- Greater Sydney HEMS Service, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute of Pre-Hospital Care, London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Institute of Pre-Hospital Care, London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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Paul S, Campbell B, Meltzer EC, Sedrakyan A. ECMO as an emergency medical countermeasure. THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 2015; 2:685-7. [PMID: 25209989 PMCID: PMC7129770 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(14)70166-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Subroto Paul
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA; Department of Health Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Interventional Procedures and Medical Technologies Advisory Committees, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), London, UK
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- Department of Health Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA; Department of Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Program and MDEpiNet Science, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
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