ECPR and ECMO
Associate Professor Vincent Pellegrino, Head of the ECMO service at The Alfred ICU, discusses Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) during an in-house education session.
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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
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Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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