

EDECMO Podcast
Zack Shinar, MD
The ED ECMO Project is the work of Zack Shinar and Jon Marinaro to bring extracorporeal life support to EDs and ICUs around the world. This site aims to be the ultimate resource for the background, logistics, and evidence for resuscitative ECMO.
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Feb 19, 2015 • 13min
EDECMO 19 – ECPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Japanese-Style!
Tetsuya Sakamoto is the principal investigator of a multi-center prospective observational study that was just recently published in the journal Resuscitation: Resuscitation. 2014 Jun;85(6):762-8. Zack and Joe met with Dr. Sakamoto during the 2014 AHA RESS conferences and talked all things ECPR. After that, Shinar sat down with Dr. Sakamoto to get his take on how the Japanese EMS system is setup and how they are able to implement ECPR into their resuscitation protocols.

Jan 5, 2015 • 21min
EDECMO 18 – Remote Ischemic Conditioning – with Graham Nichol
In this episode Zack & Joe talk with Graham Nichol about how to use remote ischemic conditioning to reduce ischemia-reperfusion injury after cardiac arrest.

Dec 22, 2014 • 11min
EM:RAP Mini – Zack & Joe recap AHA 2014: ‘bleeding edge’ interventions in the ED
In this short segment that was generously produced and offered by the EM:RAP team, Zack and Joe recap some the the big topics from the American Heart Association 2014 conference in Chicago.

Dec 10, 2014 • 15min
EDECMO 17 – The Reanimateur: Lionel Lamhaut on Pre-Hospital ECPR
In this episode Zack talks with Lionel Lamhaut, a physician who is heading up their pre-hospital ECMO program. Yes, they are really doing ECMO in the field.

Nov 20, 2014 • 23min
EDECMO 16: The End-of-Life Matrix & The Ethics of Advanced Resuscitation with Dr. Cyrus P. Olsen III, D.Phil.
Zack & Joe talk with Dr. Cyrus Olsen about the challenges of deciding who does, and who doesn't, get advanced resusctition.

Oct 15, 2014 • 32min
EDECMO 15: The CHEER Trial & Part 2 of our Interview with Dr. Stephen Bernard
In this episode Zack and Joe discuss the CHEER Trial (mechanical CPR, Hypothermia, ECMO, and Early Revascularization) and follow up with Dr. Stephen Bernard with a few more questions about ECMO at the Alfred.

Sep 30, 2014 • 34min
EDECMO Episode #14: ECPR with Stephen Bernard 1/2
In today's episode, Joe and Zack interview Dr. Stephen Bernard about Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) and how they do it the Alfred in Melbourne, Australia.

Sep 26, 2014 • 21min
Evid-ECMO 2: Veno-Venous ECMO in ARDS – The CESAR Trial & ANZ-ECMO
Critical Review of 2 of the big papers on VV-ECMO for ARDS.

Sep 1, 2014 • 35min
EDECMO # 13 – Does Pseudo-PEA Exist and What Should You Do About It
The 3 of us discuss all things PEA

Aug 23, 2014 • 14min
Evid-ECMO (Evidence for ECMO): Critical Analysis of the ECMO literature #1
Zack and Joe and discuss two high-impact articles that compare conventional CPR to ECPR.


