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.