@article{ref1,
title="Successful prehospital ECMO in drowning resuscitation after prolonged submersion",
journal="Resuscitation plus",
year="2024",
author="Seesink, Jeroen and van der Wielen, Wietske and Dos Reis Miranda, Dinis and Moors, Xavier J. R.",
volume="19",
number="",
pages="e100685-e100685",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2666-5204",
doi="10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100685",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100685"
}