Ohio State ECPR protocol helps more people survive cardiac arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest that happens outside of a hospital is almost always fatal – just 10 percent of the people who experience it survive. But a protocol being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is designed to improve survival rates for cardiac arrest. For more than a year now, cardiologists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have work ed in conjunction with the Columbus Division of Fire to use what they call “ECPR,” a pre-hospital life support method…
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