EMS LHP – Episode 60 – Dueling ECMO Papers

I got a great question during my FAST22 talk about what to make of two different papers, seemingly on the same topic, that give different results. In this case, it was about the Prague study Mike and I spoke about on the last episode (E59) and the one from Minneapolis (The ARREST trial). It was a great question that’ll I’ll discuss in this episode. I’ll also talk more about the ARREST trial. If you like the show, please give us a 5-star rating wherever you get your podcasts. Drop us questions/comments/suggestion for future pods at: [email protected] @DrJeffJarvis Citations: 1. Belohlavek J, Smalcova J, Rob D, et al. Effect of Intra-arrest Transport, Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Immediate Invasive Assessment and Treatment on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022;327(8):737. 2. Yannopoulos D, Bartos J, Raveendran G, et al. Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular fibrillation (ARREST): a phase 2, single centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2020;396(10265):1807-1816. Figures & Tables Yannopoulus, et al