TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful prehospital ECMO in drowning resuscitation after prolonged submersion
AU - Seesink, Jeroen
AU - van der Wielen, Wietske
AU - Dos Reis Miranda, Dinis
AU - Moors, Xavier J.R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s)
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - An 18-year-old drowning victim was successfully resuscitated using prehospital veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Despite 24 min of submersion in water with a surface temperature of 15 °C, the patient was cannulated on-scene and transported to a trauma center. After ICU admission on VA-ECMO, he was decannulated and extubated by day 5. He was transferred to a peripheral hospital on day 6 and discharged home after 3.5 weeks with favorable neurological outcome of a Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) score of 1 out of 5. This case underscores the potential of prehospital ECMO in drowning cases within a well-equipped emergency response system.
AB - An 18-year-old drowning victim was successfully resuscitated using prehospital veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Despite 24 min of submersion in water with a surface temperature of 15 °C, the patient was cannulated on-scene and transported to a trauma center. After ICU admission on VA-ECMO, he was decannulated and extubated by day 5. He was transferred to a peripheral hospital on day 6 and discharged home after 3.5 weeks with favorable neurological outcome of a Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) score of 1 out of 5. This case underscores the potential of prehospital ECMO in drowning cases within a well-equipped emergency response system.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85195379346&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100685
DO - 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100685
M3 - Article
C2 - 38957704
AN - SCOPUS:85195379346
SN - 2666-5204
VL - 19
JO - Resuscitation Plus
JF - Resuscitation Plus
M1 - 100685
ER -