Case Reports
Vol. 15 No. 3 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2019.8338

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

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Received: 8 June 2019
Published: 17 October 2019
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Accidental hypothermia, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Avalanche burial, Organ donation

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Rosanna Varutti
rosanna.varutti@gmail.com
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine 2, University Hospital, Brescia; Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Giulio Trillò
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Adriana Di Silvestre
Regional Transplant Center, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Roberto Peressutti
Regional Transplant Center, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Flavio Bassi
Department of Intensive Care 2, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Nicola Latronico
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine 2, University Hospital, Brescia, Italy.

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.

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A case of successful organ donation after extremely prolonged manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a buried hypothermia victim of avalanche. (2019). Emergency Care Journal, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2019.8338

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