%0 Case Reports
%T Successful prehospital ECMO in drowning resuscitation after prolonged submersion.
%A Seesink J
%A van der Wielen W
%A Dos Reis Miranda D
%A Moors XJR
%J Resusc Plus
%V 19
%N 0
%D 2024 Sep
%M 38957704
暂无%R 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100685
%X 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.