REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) is used to gain proximal control over non-compressible hemorrhage below the diaphragm. In this episode, Zack takes a deep dive into REBOA implementation, physiology, and complications with four of the biggest movers in the world of REBOA:

In this episode, Joe talks with Dr. Sean Deitch, a non-academic Emergency Physician practicing in San Diego, California. Dr. Deitch attended REANIMATE 3 - which just finished 2 weeks ago...and has an amazing story to tell. You'll have to listen to the episode...

REANIMATE 4 is September 21-22, 2017 and features guest faculty member Stephen Bernard - coming all the way from Melbourne, Australia - and best know from the original therapeutic hypothermia trials and CHEER. R3 was amazing and R4 will be even better!!

In this episode of the EDECMO podcast, Zack describes how to use the concept of 'TEAM PLAY", much like the gang from the classic novel "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich, to optimize outcomes after cardiac arrest....with, or without, ECPR.

In this episode we explore two very different applications of the Impella® device - a percutaneously-placed temporary ventricular assist device (VAD) sold by Abiomed (no financial disclosures). These VADs work by the use of a micro-axillary pump which is typically placed by interventional cardiologists under fluoroscopy. The inlet of the pump is placed in the ventrical while the outlet rests just above the aortic valve.

Here is a case of a young man who presented to the Emergency Department with profound anaphylaxis. This was a "CAN Intubate/CAN'T VENTILATE" scenario:

Max Epinephrine

Max antihistamines

Max steroids

Max ventilator

What options do you have? Find out in this episode.

Post Pump Crit Care

Post Pump Crit Care

Joe interviews Torvind Naesheim, an intensivist and cardiothoracic anesthesiologist from Norway, on the management of accidental hypothermic arrest using ECMO

Joe interviews Torvind Naesheim, an intensivist and cardiothoracic anesthesiologist from Norway, on the management of accidental hypothermic arrest using ECMO

Zack talks with the ED ECMO team from the University of Utah about how they established their ECPR program.