A case of successful organ donation after extremely prolonged manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a buried hypothermia victim of avalanche

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosanna Varutti, Giulio Trillò, Adriana Di Silvestre, Roberto Peressutti, Flavio Bassi, Nicola Latronico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-10-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/8338