Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be defined as the emergent use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on patients in cardiac arrest for whom conventional CPR has failed.

A new protocol is being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center called an ECPR alert. The alert is designed for usage after ventricular fibrillation has been administered 3 times and ...

People who suffer cardiac arrest usually have low likelihood of survival, especially if it happens out of the hospital. Those who do survive can have neurological damage due to the lack of oxygen-rich ...

Every year more than 300,000 people in the U.S. die from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, making it a leading cause of death. Improved access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and ...

More people are walking away from a type of cardiac arrest that is nearly always fatal, thanks to a new protocol being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It's called an ECPR ...

A new method to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients often proves more effective than CPR, but various implementation hurdles have prevented many hospitals from using it, according to a March 27 ...

Increasingly, physicians are using a new technique, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation—eCPR—to resuscitate patients. The technique involves a machine that withdraws and pumps oxygenated ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can improve blood flow to the brain after cardiac arrest and preserve neurological function. However, factors predicting who benefits from ECPR are ...

KERA's Sam Baker talks with Dr. Tyler Bloomer, a cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He explains the program and how extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation helped save a ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — CPR compressions is what many of us were taught to do when saving someone's life, but now physicians are trying out 'ECPR.' Doctors at UF Health say they've already seen success ...