FIRST EXPERIENCE OF ECMO-CPR IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

There are a few cases of applying of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in emergency situations in Russian Federation. This article is about of first experience of using VA-ECMO for the treating patients, which were admitted with cardiac arrest in our ED. We are faced with the problem of long transportation from out-of-hospital to hospital treatment. There is necessity for harmonization algorithms of CPR for amblulances while creating ECMO-centers for the patients with cardiac arrest in Russia.