The Minnesota Mobile Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Consortium for Treatment of Out-Of-Hospital Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation: Program Description, Performance, and Outcomes
This first, community-wide ECMO-facilitated resuscitation program in the US demonstrated 100% successful cannulation, 43% functionally favorable survival rates at hospital discharge and 3 months, as well as safety. The program provides a potential model of this approach for other communities.