RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Extracorporeal life support programme for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during competitive sport events: the experience of the Volleyball Men’s World Championship Final Six in Turin (Italy)
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 376
OP 379
DO 10.1136/emermed-2019-209203
VO 39
IS 5
A1 Giancarlo Fornaro
A1 Federico Giovanni Canavosio
A1 Maria Luisa Contristano
A1 Daniela Pasero
A1 Gennaro Izzo
A1 Paolo Centofanti
A1 Matteo Attisani
A1 Anna Chiara Trompeo
A1 Gabriella Buono
A1 Marcello Martore
A1 Mauro Rinaldi
A1 Luca Brazzi
YR 2022
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/39/5/376.abstract
AB The high incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest refractory to standard resuscitation protocols, despite precompetitive screening, demonstrated the need for a prehospital team to provide an effective system for life support and resuscitation at the Volleyball Men’s World Championship. The evolution of mechanical circulatory support suggests that current advanced cardiovascular life support protocols no longer represent the highest standard of care at competitive sporting events with large spectator numbers. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) improves resuscitation strategies and offers a rescue therapy for refractory cardiac arrest that can no longer be ignored. We present our operational experience of an out-of-hospital ECLS cardiopulmonary resuscitation team at an international sporting event.