EuroELSO Steering C & Chair NRP Working Group
ELSOeducation taskforce
SoMe Director @TheELSO
SoMe Editor @asaiojournal
💦 fluid management
⛔️ preventing progression of shock to CA
🫁 RR in CA: hypo vs hyperventilation
🫀 symptomatic bradycardia
🐝 anaphylaxis
💉 LAST
🌡️ MH
💥 traumatic CA
💉 CA w neuraxial blockade
🚨 CPR, including prone position + #POCUS
🔗 bit.ly/4ir9eCf
💦 fluid management
⛔️ preventing progression of shock to CA
🫁 RR in CA: hypo vs hyperventilation
🫀 symptomatic bradycardia
🐝 anaphylaxis
💉 LAST
🌡️ MH
💥 traumatic CA
💉 CA w neuraxial blockade
🚨 CPR, including prone position + #POCUS
🔗 bit.ly/4ir9eCf
🔭 He had the ability to see something in you that you didn't see yourself
"Ten years from now grateful patients will be alive because of the research we are doing. they won't know how or why it happened without complications... but you will."
🔭 He had the ability to see something in you that you didn't see yourself
"Ten years from now grateful patients will be alive because of the research we are doing. they won't know how or why it happened without complications... but you will."
🖥️ blind-TCD (traditional nonimaging TCD)
🖥️ OSND measurement
⚡️ multichannel continuous EEG
👁️ automated pupillometry
🚨 NIRS
💀 skull extensometer
#FOAMcc
🔓 rdcu.be/eQOcT
🖥️ blind-TCD (traditional nonimaging TCD)
🖥️ OSND measurement
⚡️ multichannel continuous EEG
👁️ automated pupillometry
🚨 NIRS
💀 skull extensometer
#FOAMcc
🔓 rdcu.be/eQOcT
🧊 introduction
❄️ pathophysiology of hypothermic cardiac arrest
🫀 eligibility Criteria for #ECPR in hypothermic CA
⚖️ HOPE Score
... 🎙 & lot of discussion
🗓️ November 24 2025, 16:00-17:10 CET
Save the date & register! 🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🧊 introduction
❄️ pathophysiology of hypothermic cardiac arrest
🫀 eligibility Criteria for #ECPR in hypothermic CA
⚖️ HOPE Score
... 🎙 & lot of discussion
🗓️ November 24 2025, 16:00-17:10 CET
Save the date & register! 🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🗓️ May 6-9 2026
🔗 euroelso-congress.com/
🗓️ May 6-9 2026
🔗 euroelso-congress.com/
⏱️ initial assessment + #resuscitation
🔍 diagnostic approach
☠️ poisoning specific strategies
⚖️ toxicant-specific strategies + antidotes
🚨 rescue strategies including #ECMO (#ECPR, VA, VV for aspiration or inhalational injuries)
🔓 rdcu.be/ePGFM
⏱️ initial assessment + #resuscitation
🔍 diagnostic approach
☠️ poisoning specific strategies
⚖️ toxicant-specific strategies + antidotes
🚨 rescue strategies including #ECMO (#ECPR, VA, VV for aspiration or inhalational injuries)
🔓 rdcu.be/ePGFM
💉 clinical pharmacology
⚖️ dosing
⏱️ timing
🩺 practical considerations
#FOAMcc @intenscaremed.bsky.social
🔓 rdcu.be/ePAno
💉 clinical pharmacology
⚖️ dosing
⏱️ timing
🩺 practical considerations
#FOAMcc @intenscaremed.bsky.social
🔓 rdcu.be/ePAno
⚖️ pro/con of returning vs discarding blood
🩸 considerations related to different strategies: return through pre-pump access, pre-ML, ML, post-ML, A-V bridge, and use of cell saver
🖇️ bit.ly/47JJADF
⚖️ pro/con of returning vs discarding blood
🩸 considerations related to different strategies: return through pre-pump access, pre-ML, ML, post-ML, A-V bridge, and use of cell saver
🖇️ bit.ly/47JJADF
📚 growing use, also intra/preop, but outcomes remain poor (better if intra/postop). Improved survival may depend on careful pt selection, optimal timing of initiation, distinguishing reversible vs irreversible pathology
🔗 bit.ly/4hLZmm7
📚 growing use, also intra/preop, but outcomes remain poor (better if intra/postop). Improved survival may depend on careful pt selection, optimal timing of initiation, distinguishing reversible vs irreversible pathology
🔗 bit.ly/4hLZmm7
🗓️ November 24 2025, 16:00-17:10 CET
Register now! 🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🎥 PS all previous EuroELSO webinars are available on demand
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
🗓️ November 24 2025, 16:00-17:10 CET
Register now! 🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🎥 PS all previous EuroELSO webinars are available on demand
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
⚖️ Indications, timing and settings
🫀 Unloading, hybrid configurations & difficult cases
🖥️ Joint #ICU management: monitoring, anticoagulation, ventilation
🩺 Case
🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=AlHJ1f026AM
⚖️ Indications, timing and settings
🫀 Unloading, hybrid configurations & difficult cases
🖥️ Joint #ICU management: monitoring, anticoagulation, ventilation
🩺 Case
🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=AlHJ1f026AM
2️⃣ grants (MAX value 30K € 💶) available aimed at both adult & pediatric research equally, from healthcare professionists or research scientists
🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/EuroELSOgrants
🏆 awarded candidates will present at #EuroELSO2026 in Dublin 🇮🇪
2️⃣ grants (MAX value 30K € 💶) available aimed at both adult & pediatric research equally, from healthcare professionists or research scientists
🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/EuroELSOgrants
🏆 awarded candidates will present at #EuroELSO2026 in Dublin 🇮🇪
We had 5 sessions over 3 days
🫀VA 🫁 VV #ECLS + ECPR #simulation
🚧 circuit & complications troubleshooting
🚑 ECPR cannulation/initiation
See you at #EuroELSO2026 in Dublin 🇮🇪 & #LIVES2026 in Lisbon 🇵🇹!
We had 5 sessions over 3 days
🫀VA 🫁 VV #ECLS + ECPR #simulation
🚧 circuit & complications troubleshooting
🚑 ECPR cannulation/initiation
See you at #EuroELSO2026 in Dublin 🇮🇪 & #LIVES2026 in Lisbon 🇵🇹!
🐝 in refractory anaphylaxis
🫁 life-threatening refractory asthma
🫀 in cath-lab or after cardiac surgery if failing cCPR
🫁 if CA from confirmed/suspected PE or peripartum
amniotic fluid embolism
🧊 in life-threatening hypothermia
☠️ in poisonings
🔓 bit.ly/3LeVAWd
🐝 in refractory anaphylaxis
🫁 life-threatening refractory asthma
🫀 in cath-lab or after cardiac surgery if failing cCPR
🫁 if CA from confirmed/suspected PE or peripartum
amniotic fluid embolism
🧊 in life-threatening hypothermia
☠️ in poisonings
🔓 bit.ly/3LeVAWd
🔓 bit.ly/3LeVAWd
See thread 🧵🪡 1/2
🔓 bit.ly/3LeVAWd
See thread 🧵🪡 1/2
🫀 adult basic & advanced life support
🧸 pediatric life support
🍼 neonatal life support
🚧 special circumstances
🩺 post-resus care
⚖️ ethics
📋 system saving lives
🎓 education for #resuscitation
🔍 epidemiology
🩹 first aid
🔓 bit.ly/4qkPTWO
🫀 adult basic & advanced life support
🧸 pediatric life support
🍼 neonatal life support
🚧 special circumstances
🩺 post-resus care
⚖️ ethics
📋 system saving lives
🎓 education for #resuscitation
🔍 epidemiology
🩹 first aid
🔓 bit.ly/4qkPTWO
🚿overview of process
Myths on cell-salvaged blood
⚖️ 1️⃣ poor quality/inferior to allogeneic RBCs
🩸 2️⃣ increases bleeding
🚧 3️⃣ not safe in many surgeries
💶 4️⃣ not cost-effective
#FOAMcc @anesthesiology.bsky.social @asahq.bsky.social
🔓 bit.ly/47vZfrk
🚿overview of process
Myths on cell-salvaged blood
⚖️ 1️⃣ poor quality/inferior to allogeneic RBCs
🩸 2️⃣ increases bleeding
🚧 3️⃣ not safe in many surgeries
💶 4️⃣ not cost-effective
#FOAMcc @anesthesiology.bsky.social @asahq.bsky.social
🔓 bit.ly/47vZfrk
💦 morphological changes/damage by fluid overload
🛌 fluid distribution in anesthesia
3️⃣ extracellular fluid compartments
💧 physiology, manipulation & max filling of slow-exchange fluid space
🔥 inflammation, capillary leakage & lymphatic flow 💦
🥚 albumin
🔓 rdcu.be/eLnfi
💦 morphological changes/damage by fluid overload
🛌 fluid distribution in anesthesia
3️⃣ extracellular fluid compartments
💧 physiology, manipulation & max filling of slow-exchange fluid space
🔥 inflammation, capillary leakage & lymphatic flow 💦
🥚 albumin
🔓 rdcu.be/eLnfi
🔍 nonmultistage return cannula in fem-fem VV crossed IAS
🩸V-LA ECLS resulted in massive R-to-L shunt of hyperoxy blood
🚧 malposition not clinically evident until weaning
🩺 solved by repositioning, no IA defect at follow-up
🔗 bit.ly/3KRvCYI
🔍 nonmultistage return cannula in fem-fem VV crossed IAS
🩸V-LA ECLS resulted in massive R-to-L shunt of hyperoxy blood
🚧 malposition not clinically evident until weaning
🩺 solved by repositioning, no IA defect at follow-up
🔗 bit.ly/3KRvCYI
🔍 epidemiology
👥 heart team
🚧 high-risk pts
🪜 protected cardiac surgery classification
🫀 periop management
🩺 #ICU management
📦 device selection: #ECMO, #LVAD...
🔮 outcome
⚖️ ethics and consent
#FOAMcc
🔓 bit.ly/3J68mpo
🔍 epidemiology
👥 heart team
🚧 high-risk pts
🪜 protected cardiac surgery classification
🫀 periop management
🩺 #ICU management
📦 device selection: #ECMO, #LVAD...
🔮 outcome
⚖️ ethics and consent
#FOAMcc
🔓 bit.ly/3J68mpo
⚖️ Indications, timing and settings
🫀 Unloading, hybrid configurations & difficult cases
🖥️ Joint #ICU management: monitoring, anticoagulation, ventilation
🩺 Clinical case - Anne Schaefer
🎙 Discussion
🗓️ October 30, 16:00 CET
🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
#ECMO
⚖️ Indications, timing and settings
🫀 Unloading, hybrid configurations & difficult cases
🖥️ Joint #ICU management: monitoring, anticoagulation, ventilation
🩺 Clinical case - Anne Schaefer
🎙 Discussion
🗓️ October 30, 16:00 CET
🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
#ECMO
🔄 PCRTO feasible/safe: retrograde flow through pump, creating controlled VA shunt mimicking native physiology, challenges RV + reducing LV afterload + enabling assessment of native lung function
🔓 rdcu.be/eJf91
🔄 PCRTO feasible/safe: retrograde flow through pump, creating controlled VA shunt mimicking native physiology, challenges RV + reducing LV afterload + enabling assessment of native lung function
🔓 rdcu.be/eJf91
🫘 Regional saturation directed NRP in in #DCDDs (spin off of my PhD project!)
🔓 bit.ly/489UWTC
💨 ML exhaust CO2 monitoring to guide SGF management during #NRP
🔓 bit.ly/489gYWC
🫘 Regional saturation directed NRP in in #DCDDs (spin off of my PhD project!)
🔓 bit.ly/489UWTC
💨 ML exhaust CO2 monitoring to guide SGF management during #NRP
🔓 bit.ly/489gYWC
ECPR may improve outcome in refractory CA if
🎓 done with a high #ECLS experience
⚖️ pts are selected well
⏱️ EBF can be initiated fast (<60')
Still to be defined ideal location ECMO to pt or pt to #ECMO?
🩺 optimal post-CA care
🚧 complications are recognized timely
🩸/🫀manipulate extracorporeal Blood Flow/CO ratio to acceptable goal
Equation in the slide = oxygenation on VV #ECLS assuming no native lung gas exchange
EF = effective flow = extracorporeal blood flow going to RV
CO = cardiac output
dissolved O2 component could be ignored