A case of successful organ donation after extremely prolonged manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a buried hypothermia victim of avalanche
Emergency Care Journal · 2019-10-17 · Case report
Abstract
We report a case of a 41-year-old man, victim of accidental avalanche burial, who donated his organs for transplantation after prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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ECMO & mechanical circulatory support · Organ donation
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