On August 17th 2016, Associate Professor Vincent Pellegrino, Head of the ECMO service at The Alfred ICU, discussed ECPR during an in-house education session.

His discussion included:

* the difficulties with ECPR definitions and selection criteria

* Approaches to ECPR, ranging from cannulation techniques and types of cannula, to role cards and the importance of teamwork

* Outcomes for ECPR and the evidence for the technique

Listen to the talk to find out more – the podcast is 37 minutes long.

THE VIDEO

THE SLIDES

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