Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a resuscitation measure in the emergency department.
A 53-year-old man presented to the ED with refractory ventricular fibrillation secondary to an occluded proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. We report the first case of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation instituted in our ED. It is one of the few reports in the literature of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation being utilized in the ED as a resuscitation measure.
St Vincent's Hospital Emergency Department, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. jleung@stvincents.com.au
Julie
J
Leung
Andrew S
AS
Finckh
Paul
P
Jansz
Roger
R
Pye
Mark
M
Nicholls
Stephanie H
SH
Wilson
D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*