%0 Journal Article %T Resuscitation of a near-drowning patient by the use of a portable extracorporeal circulation device %J Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie: AINS %D 1997 %A Kumle, B. %A Döring, B. %A Mertes, H. %A Posival, H. %V 32 %N 12 %P 754-756 %X We report on a 21-year old patient who nearly drowned in cold water under inexplicable circumstances. About 1/2 hour later he was found with cardiac arrest. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation remained unsuccessfully but was continued. After transportation to the nearest hospital a core temperature of 26.1 degrees C was recorded. A team of our hospital arrived 2 1/2 hours after start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After introducing a femo-femoral bypass the patient was rapidly rewarmed and oxygenated using a portable extracorporeal circulation and membrane oxygenation. Defibrillation succeeded at a core temperature of 34.4 degrees C. A severe ARDS developed the same day which was successfully treated by membrane oxygenation. 41 days later the patient left the hospital fully recovered.

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