Out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support for cardiac arrest-A case report

M Arlt; A Philipp; S Voelkel; B M Graf; C Schmid; M Hilker

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.022

Out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support for cardiac arrest-A case report

Resuscitation. 2011 Sep;82(9):1243-5. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.022. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Authors

M Arlt¹, A Philipp, S Voelkel, B M Graf, C Schmid, M Hilker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Aeromedical Service, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. matthias.arlt@klinik.uni-regensburg.de

PMID: 21536364
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.022

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Child
Drowning*
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*
Risk Assessment